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JONSON, Ben (1573 – 1637). The Magnetick Lady; or Humors Reconcil’d. London: no publisher, “MCDXL” (1640). 4to (11 x 7 ½”). 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;…”