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The coronation : a comedy, as it was presented by her Majesties Servants at the Private House in Drury Lane

Shirley, James, 1596-1666, Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, dubious author, Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer, Crooke, Andrew, -1674, printer, Cooke, William, active 1632-1642, bookseller, Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner · 1640 · London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke. and are to be sold at the signe of the Greene Dragon, in Pauls Church-yard · 2 pictures

A 1640 London comedy by James Shirley, printed by Thomas Cotes for Andrew Crooke and William Cooke and sold from the Green Dragon in Paul's Churchyard, with its text set for performance by the Queen's Servants at the Drury Lane private house. The pictures are a close-set display initial with a list of names in italic and roman type, and a row of ornamental woodcut tailpiece with a central heraldic shield flanked by scrolling foliage and figures, useful to designers for historic typography and decorative border ideas.

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