Philip Massinger’s Plays. From the Text of Wm. Gifford. With the addition of the Tragedy of “Believe as You List.” Edited by Lieut.-Col. Francis Cunningham. Crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, with Portrait, price 6s.
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Rump (The); or, An Exact Collection of the choicest Poems and Songs relating to the late Times, and continued by the most eminent Wits; from Anno 1639 to 1661. A Facsimile Reprint of the rare Original Edition (London, 1662), with Frontispiece and Engraved Title-page. In 2 vols., large fcap. 8vo, printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards, 17s. 6d.
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