STC 4619 RESTRICTED. Review required (typical turnaround time 1 to 2 weeks). Available by special permission only. Bound with two Shakespeare quartos.

Coelum Britanicum. : A masque at White-Hall in the Banquetting-House, on Shrove-Tuesday-night, the 18. of February, 1633.

Coelum Britannicum

London : Printed for Thomas VValkley, and are to be sold at his shop neare White-Hall, 1634.

[4], 35, [1] p. ; (8vo)

Anonymous. By Thomas Carew.

The designer for the masque was Inigo Jones, whose name appears on the internal title page for "Coelum Britannicum" in subsequent editions of Carew's works.

Based in part on: Bruno, Giordano. Spaccio de la bestia trionfante.

The performance year is given according to Lady Day dating.

Signatures: A² B-E⁴ F².

The first leaf is blank.

Most of the sheets are in two settings, and C outer forme and D inner forme are in three. Some copies have final pages numbered 31, 32, 30, 28, 29.

DFONOTE edp add note in STC re: STC 4619=4618 (i.e. STC 4618 formerly also 4619)

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 51)

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 4618
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, II, 496(a)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107477

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 4618

cs6334$Dark green goatskin, signed by Riviere & son. Lacking blank; probably made-up copy? Final pages numbered 31, 32, 30, 28, 29. Provenance: bookplate of Frederick Spiegelberg

STC 4619

Lacking blank. Manuscript index on front paste-down. Bound with: STC 22459b, 17642 copy 5, 14760.2, 4993 copy 1, 18431, 14647 copy 2, 22286 copy 2, 22320 copy 3, 13346 copy 1, 13334 copy 1, 13339 copy 2, 13322 copy 4, 6303 copy 2, 21416 copy 1, and 20688 copy 2

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