Both authors' names appear within braces

Frontispiece portrait of Fletcher signed "Guliel[mus] Marshall Fecit."

"Eighteen plays all of which had been separately printed are included in this second collected edition for the first time."--Pforzheimer

Ascription of printing to Henry Hills from Pforzheimer, wherein it is stated that Hills printed the second half of the volume

Signatures (from Pforzheimer): pi℗ø A-4D́þ 4E℗ø; ℗øA-4Áþ (℗ø4A4=blank)

Numerous errors in pagination

Title page vignette; head- and tailpieces; initials

The maids tragedy -- The Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding -- A king or no king -- The scornful lady -- The custom of the country -- The elder brother -- The Spanish curate -- Wit without money -- The beggars bush -- The humorous lieutenant -- The faithful shepherdess -- The mad lover -- The loyal subject -- Rule a wife, and have a wife -- The laws of Candy -- The false one -- The little French lawyer -- The tragedy of Valentinian -- Monsieur Thomas --The chances -- Rollo, duke of Normandy -- The wild-goose chase -- A wife for a month -- The lovers progress -- The pilgrim -- The captain -- The prophetess --The Queen of Corinth -- The tragedy of Bonduca -- The knight of the burning pestle --Loves pilgrimage -- The double marriage -- The maid in the mill -- The knight of Malta -- Loves cure, or, The martial maid -- Women pleased -- The night walker, or, Little thief -- The womans prize, or, The tamer tamed -- The island princess -- The noble gentleman -- The coronation --The coxcomb -- Sea-voyage --Wit at several weapons -- The fair maid of the inn -- Cupid's revenge -- Two noble kinsmen -- Thierry and Theodoret -- The woman-hater -- The nice valour, or, The passionate madman -- The honest man's fortune -- The masque of the gentlemen of Grays-Inne and the Inner-Temple -- Four plays or moral representations in one

English short title catalogue

Carl H. Pforzheimer Library

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.3820.1 bound in ca. 19th-century navy blue morocco-grained leather. The title and date are stamped in gilt on the spine. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. The autograph of Charles Cotton (here conjectured to be Charles Cotton of Staffordshire, 1630-1687) appears at both the head of the title page and on the recto of the final leaf. The perforation stamp of the library is present on the title page. Early corrections and stage directions are present throughout. The final leaf (blank) is wanting

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.3820.1a bound in tan, early 20th-century buckram. The title is stamped in gilt onto a maroon spine label. The BPL gift bookplate of Thomas Gaffield, Esq., is present on the front pastedown. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page

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