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The rivall friends : a comoedie, as it was acted before the King and Queens Maiesties, when out of their princely favour they were pleased to visite their Vniversitie of Cambridge, upon the 19. day of March. 1631 : cryed downe by boyes, faction, envie, and confident ignorance, approv'd by the judicious, and now exposed to the publique censure

Hausted, Peter, -1645, Matthewes, Augustine, printer, Robinson, Humphrey, -1670, Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner, Batten, David, binder · 1632 · London : Printed by Aug. Matthewes for Humphrey Robinson, at the signe of the Three Pidgeons in Pauls Church-yard · 1 picture

A 1632 London printed comedy by Peter Hausted, printed by Augustine Matthewes for Humphrey Robinson, first acted before the King and Queen at Cambridge in 1631. The single picture is a large decorative woodcut initial letter I, its stem built from scrolled acanthus-like foliage, flourishes and carved urn-like capitals, with a border of curling leaves at the top and bottom. A designer could draw on it for a hand-cut display capital or a flourished drop letter in an early modern style.

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