| Ref No | Shakespeare/1/9/995/2983 |
| Finding Number | Shakespeare S 995 2983 |
| Title | Eight novels employed by English dramatic poets of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. / Originally published by Barnaby Riche in the year 1581, and reprinted from a copy of that date in the Bodleian library. |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1846 |
| Description | General Note: Vol. IX, no. 1, in the L. C. set, with general t.-p.: Early prose and poetical tracts ... vol. I. 1853. |
| General Note: With reproduction of original t.-p.: Riche his Farewell to militarie profession: conteining verie pleasaunt discourses fit for a peaceable tyme, Gathered together ... by Barnabe Riche ... Imprinted at London, by Robart Walley, 1581. |
| General Note: Edited by John Payne Collier. |
| General Note: Several of the tales are from Italian sources. The "Conclusion" contains a ninth story, Belthaser, similar to Machiavelli's Marriage of Belphegor. |
| Tag 505: Sappho, duke of Mantona.--Of Apolonius and Silla.--Of Nicander and Lucilla.--Of Fineo and Fiamma.--Of two brethren and their wives.--Of Gonsales and his vertuous wife Agatha.--Of Aramanthus, borne a leper.--Of Phylotus and Emilia.--Conclusion. |
| Extent | 1 |
| Author | Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. |
| Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, ed. |
| Subject | Tag 600: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Sources. |
| Tag 650: English fiction Early modern, 1500-1700. |
| Physical Description | xvi, 224 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Publisher | London : Printed for the Shakespeare society, |