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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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JONSON, Ben (1573 – 1637). The Magnetick Lady; or Humors Re...

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JONSON, Ben (1573 ? 1637). The Magnetick Lady; or Humors Reconcil?d. London: no publisher, ?MCDXL? (1640). 4to (11 x 7 ??). Later gilt-ruled green leather (chipped along backstrip and at edges; scratches on covers). 64pp. Provenance: Henry S. Noerdlinger (blind-stamped ex-libris on title; monogram on covers). Noerdlinger was a Swiss-born film researcher and historian who worked for Cecil B. DeMille (Online Archives of California). FIRST EDITION of Jonson?s final comedy. Page 19: (Boy): ?Doe they think this Pen can juggle? I would we had Hokos-pokos for ?hem then;??