Christopher Marlowe: Four Plays - Tamburlaine Part I / Tamburlaine Part I I / Doctor Faustus / Edward the Second

New York: The Thistle Press, 1966. CB5 - A limited edition (# 365 of 1500) hardcover book SIGNED by Albert Decaris on the limitation page in very good condition that has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, some wrinkling on the spine edges, some light stains on the page edges, patch scuffed on the top right corner of the front free endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket and no slipcase(missing). Christopher Marlowe: Four Plays - Tamburlaine Part I / Tamburlaine Part I I / Doctor Faustus / Edward the Second, Edited with an Introduction by Havelock Ellis, Copperplate Engravings by Albert Decaris, Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at The Thistle Press, New York, 1966. Of this edition of Four Plays by Christopher Marlowe fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Thistle Press in New York. The design is by Adrian Wilson and the monogram devices have been cut in wood by Fritz Kredel. The illustrations have been engraved in copper by Albert Decaris in Paris and the prints pulled by M. Beaune in Creteil. The artist here signs this copy which is number 365. 12.5"x9.75", 280 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death. Marlowe's plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists. Some scholars believe that a warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest on 18 May 1593. No reason was given for it, though it was thought to be connected to allegations of blasphemy - a manuscript believed to have been written by Marlowe was said to contain "vile heretical conceipts". On 20 May, he was brought to the court to attend on the Privy Council for questioning. There is no record of their having met that day and his being commanded to attend on them each day thereafter, until "licensed to the contrary". Ten days later, he was stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer. Whether or not the stabbing was connected to his arrest remains unknown.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.