Search Results: Plays, Viz I Volpone by Ben Jonson

Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1766. Three plays in one book, printed in Glasgow, Scotland, 1766. Full sheep with slightly raised spine bands, gilt lettered maroon spine label, gilt ruled compartments, about 6.25 inches tall, 284 pages. Covers heavily rubbed and scuffed, spine label legible, binding firm, page age-toned with light occasional foxing and intermittent dampstaining along the top margin, name and 1779 date at top of title page, same name on first page of Volpone, not on reverse side of title page.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Glasgow: Printed by Robert Urie, 1752 First Glasgow edition and the first printing of any of Jonson's works in Scotland. Robert Urie was going to publish and sell the plays separately, but soon had them bound together and likely exported, given that there are more copies located outside of the UK. Only a small number of libraries record plays that were bound and sold individually. Urie published a second edition in 1766 with a single title-page. Contemporary calf, rebacked, with a gilt spine and red morocco spine label. Binding extremities rubbed and worn. . Twelvemo. Uniform title-page and separate title-page for each play. Front hinge cracked, but holding slightly. Very minor foxing, the occasional minor dampstain. Tear to outer margins of pp. 95-96 with loss of a few letters. A good copy of a rare edition. Robert Urie (bap. 1713, d. 1771) was a printer and bookseller. He first began printing in 1740 with a number of his books bearing the imprint of Robert Urie & Co. In 1747, after the… Read More