Capell's Shakespeariana Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
ADLINGTON, William.
The eleuen Bookes of the Golden Assc…1596. See Apuleuis, Lucius.
ALEXANDER, William., Earl of Stirling.
The Monarchicke Tragedies; Crœsus, Darius, The Alexandræan, Iulius Cæsar. Newly enlarged By William Alexander, Gentleman of the Princes priuie Chamber. Carmine dij superi placantur, carmine manes. London Printed by Valentine Simmes for Ed: Blovnt. 1607.
4°. (7¼ × 5¼). R. 15.
Collation: A-2D42E2; a2B-M4N2; A-K4L2, unpaged. K4 in the third alphabet blank. Wanting A 1 in the first (? blank). The general title is on A 2, followed by argument and personae to the ‘Alexandrian Tragedy,’ which begins on B 1. ‘Julius Caesar’ has a separate titlepage with same imprint on P 2. The rest of the volume (sig. a etc.) is the edition of the ‘Monarchic Tragedies’ of 1604 with omission of the first sheet, A. It begins with commendatory verses by Robert Ayton, which are followed by the argument and personae to ‘Croesus’ (some copies have four leaves to sheet a, the additional matter being verses to King James). Then follows the tragedy of ‘Croesus’ while ‘Darius’ has separate titlepage dated 1604. In the present copy the 1604 portion has been placed immediately after sheet A of the new portion, in order to get the plays in the order mentioned on the titlepage. This arrangement is frequently met with but leads to absurdities, since the 1604 portion must either be placed, as here, between the personae to the ‘Alexandrian Tragedy’ and the play itself, or else, as in the copy in the British Museum, in the middle of sheet A.
Aurora. Containing the first fancies of the Authors youth, William Alexander of Menstrie. London, Printed by Richard Field for Edward Blount. 1604.
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