Thomas Wright The Female Vertuoso’s A Comedy 1693

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Wright, Thomas, The Female Vertuoso’s. A Comedy: As it is Acted at the Queen’s Theatre, By Their Majesties Servants. London: Printed by J. Wilde, for R. Vincent, in Cliffords-Inn-Lane, Fleet-Street, 1693. Quarto, [viii; 53 pages, verso of p. 53 is Epilogue, A1-H2]. Wing 3711. First edition. In part, an adaptation of Molière’s Les femmes savantes.

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Wright, Thomas, The Female Vertuoso’s. A Comedy: As it is Acted at the Queen’s Theatre, By Their Majesties Servants. London: Printed by J. Wilde, for R. Vincent, in Cliffords-Inn-Lane, Fleet-Street, 1693. Quarto, [viii; 53 pages, verso of p. 53 is Epilogue, A1-H2]. Wing 3711.  First edition. In part, an adaptation of Molière’s Les femmes savantes.  Rebound in twentieth century decorated paper boards with blue morocco spine.  A few pages (H1 and H2) trimmed short across the top with no text loss, only page numbers. Small hole on H2 affecting only part of the letter “E” in keyword “Epi-.”

Title page
Printed by J. Wilde, for R. Vincent, in Cliffords-Inn-lane, Fleet-street, 1693.
Dedication to Charles, Earl of Winchelsea.
The dedication continued.
The dedication continued.
Mr. Doggett’s Prologue.
Dramatis Personae, Cast of Characters.
Act I, Scene 1, Sir Maurice Meanwell’s House.
Epilogue, spoken by Mrs. Catchat.

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