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Bibliographic Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature

Chapter 26: PHILIP MASSINGER (1583-1640)
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The book presents concise bibliographical essays on one hundred significant works of English literature, summarizing authorship, publication histories, typographical features, editional variants, and illustration and collation details. A prefatory explanation outlines the selection criteria and editorial practices used for handling early spelling and printing peculiarities. Individual entries vary in length depending on existing scholarship and rarity, and the volume includes a list of corrections, a contents list, and an index to aid reference. Overall, it documents the physical and textual histories of landmark volumes to assist readers in identifying and understanding important variant issues.

PHILIP MASSINGER

(1583-1640)

21. A New Way To Pay | Old Debts | A Comoedie | As it hath beene often acted at the Phœ- | nix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes | Maieſties ſeruants. | The Author. | Philip Massinger. | [Printer's mark] London, | Printed by E. P. for Henry Seyle, dwelling in S. | Pauls Churchyard, at the ſigne of the | Tygers head. Anno. M.DC. | XXXIII.

This comedy retained its popularity longer than any other of Massinger's plays, and has often been revived upon the modern stage.

"E. P." was Elizabeth Purslowe, the widow of George Purslowe, who this year began to carry on "at the east end of Christ church" the business followed there by her husband since 1614. The printer's mark is the one used by the famous family of French printers, the Estiennes.

Seile, whose labors covered a period of twenty years, was one of the many publishers of Massinger's books.

Quarto.

Collation:  A-M2, in fours.  Without pagination.