Manuscript copy, in an unidentified seventeenth-century hand, of a text of Macbeth very similar to the Sir William Davenant version published in 1674. Ten pages supplied in a modern hand.
Description:
Binding: 18th century marbled boards; contemporary cloth case., Formerly owned by Sir William Turner., and Several additions on slips of paper attached to the pages with sealing wax are possibly in the hand of Sir William Turner.
Subject (Name):
D'Avenant, William,--Sir,--1606-1668, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Macbeth, and Turner, William,--Sir,--1615-1692--Ownership
Phelps, Samuel, 1804-1878 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Sinclair, Henry
Published / Created:
1823?]
Call Number:
Ig 6i 823a
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
Macbeth
Description:
Apparently detached from the edition: Plays ... accurately printed from the text of correct copies left by Steevens and Malone ... London: Printed for the trade, 1923. and Title in manuscript on cover. Manuscript notes throughout.
Barton, Cutts, d. 1780 Craven, Elizabeth Craven, Baroness, 1750-1828 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published / Created:
1778
Call Number:
Osborn pc158
Image Count:
5
Alternative Title:
Selections
Description:
Men and women of the time described (under initials) by passages from Shakespeare. Attributed to Rev. Barton Cutts by Halkett and Laing; also attributed to Lady Craven, cf. note to Dyce collection copy; also attributed to Sir Henry Bate and Lady Dudley, cf. Jaggard's bibliography.
Publisher:
Printed, and sold by D. Brown, and all the booksellers in town and country,
Plays, Comedies, histories, and tragedies, and Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies
Description:
BEIN Ig 12 +632 copy 1: Variations from the description given in A.W. Pollard's Shakespeare folios and quartos are recorded on slip laid in v. Bookplate of George Wilbraham., BEIN Ig 12 +632 copy 2: Imperfect: leaf of verse, t.p., and p. 405-408 and 415-419 (sig. A1-A2, 3c3-3c4, 3d2-3d4) wanting., BEIN Ig 12 +632 copy 3: Bookplates of Sir Thomas Cave, Sir Charles Cave and Milton of Peterborough., BEIN Ig 12 +632 copy 4: Variant copy: page 164 (r2 verso) is correctly numbered, in contrast to the usual '194' misnumbering. Page 88 (h1 verso) correctly numbered (sometimes misnumbered '87'), i2 is misprinted i3. Bookplate of William Gray and Mary Edgcumbe Blatchford., Bein 1997 +17: Imperfect: A1-A2, A5-A6, *1, 2v2, 2v5, all after 3a6 wanting. Could be STC 22274. With addition of a replacement t.p. Page 205 (S1 recto) misnumbered 208; p. 164 (r2 verso) numbered correctly. Bookplate: Joannis M Berdan., BEIN Speck Z S731 +632: Imperfect: p. 1-35 only; containing The tempest and The two gentlemen of Verona (wanting all after act 5, scene 3, line 1), BEIN Eliz +29 copy 1: Huth copy with bookplate acquired by Mr. Cochran before the Huth sale., BEIN Eliz +29 copy 2: Fragment only, consisting of Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, and one page of Romeo and Juliet. With bookplate of Monty Woolley., Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632., Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ *⁴ A-2B⁶ 2C² a-y⁶ 2a-3c⁶ 3d⁴., Todd's first issue, state 1b (Studies in bibliography, V:81-108-, and Final p. blank.
Publisher:
Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard
Comedies, histories, and tragedies, Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies, and Plays
Description:
Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632. and Imperfect: leaf of verse, t.p., and p. 405-408 and 415-419 (sig. A1-A2, 3c3-3c4, 3d2-3d4) wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard,
Subject (Name):
Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601. Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare
