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An apology for actors, containing three briefe treatises ...

by: Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641; Okes, Nicholas, printer; Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878, former owner; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner

Publication date: 1612

Topics: Actors, Theater

Publisher: London : Printed by Nicholas Okes

Collection: bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Title page: 1. Their antiquity, 2. Their ancient dignity, 3. The true use of their quality

Published in 1658 under title: The actors vindication

Heywood's note at the end praises Nicholas Okes and casts aspersions on William Jaggard's piracy of Heywood's own works

Signatures: Áþ áþ B-Ǵþ

Title within woodcut, architectural border; head- and tailpieces; initials

ESTC

Pforzheimer

STC (2nd ed.)

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.177.10 bound in 19th-century green goatskin panelled in gilt; title stamped in gilt along the spine. Armorial bookplate of Charles Mathews (front pastedown); bookplate of the Barton Library (back pastedown).