King Lear and M. VVilliam Shake-speare, his true chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters
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Eliz 177: Bound by Lewis in blue goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. The Huth copy (with bookplate) acquired by Mr. Cochran in November 1911 prior to the public sale. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911., Eliz 177: The James Orchard Halliwell copy, sold by Sotheby's, 23 May 1856, lot 344; the catalog note states that "This volume was bought for the low price of [pound sign] 12 12s. many years ago, of the late Mr. Thorpe, whose taste and judgment are only now beginning to be fully appreciated, nearly all the rarities collected by him realizing far beyond his price." The Halliwell copy brought [pound sign] 22.10s., Second edition (first, 1608.), and This is one of the ten plays reprinted by William Jaggard in 1619, possibly as part of a collection for which a general title page was never printed.
Eliz 163: Bound in contemporary paneled calf, blind tooled on cover and spine. Ownership inscription of Martin Adelt of Smigiel on title page; ownership stamp of the Rehdiger Stadt-Bibliothek zu Breslau on verso of title page. Gift of Walter Jennings., The second edition (first, 1575)., and A collection of laudatory verses addressed to the most notable persons in Europe, including a great many addressed to Queen Elizabeth and others of her court.
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Apud Arnoldvm Sittartvm sub scuto Coloniensi, monte divi Hilarij
Spurious documents, forged by William Henry Ireland, edited by his father, Samuel Ireland., Second edition., and Postdated 1796; issued on Christmas eve 1795--Jaggard.
Plays, Comedies, histories, and tragedies, and Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies
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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.
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Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard
BEIN 1978 +82: This copy agrees with the description given by A. W. Pollard's Shakespeare folios and quartos. London, 1909, except that the misprint in the 1st pagination p.33 is correct, and p.67 in the 3d pagination also is correct., BEIN 1978 +82: Bookplate of Thomas Brooke., BEIN Eliz +32 copy 1: Huth copy with bookplate acquired by Alexander Cochran before the Huth sale., and BEIN Eliz +32 copy 2: Bound by Rivière in maroon goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. A number of leaves have been skilfully remargined. Provenance not traced.
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Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster,and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, and at the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden
BEIN 1978 +83: West 58. Copy as described by A. W. Pollard's Shakespeare folios and quartos. London, 1909, except that signature V is correctly printed, and the order of the preliminary leaves is: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 5, 8., BEIN 1978 +83: Imperfect: Verses by Ben Jonson inlaid and partially in facsimile, t.-p. in facsimile with portrait from another edition (?), preliminary leaves and final leaf inlaid. Bookplate of John Hall., BEIN Eliz +28: West 232. Purchased about 1790 by Henry Constantine Jennings from bookseller Thomas Payne; acquired about 1820 by George Hibbert, at whose sale it was purchased by John Wilks, M.P.; purchased at Wilks sale by John Dunn Gardner; purchased at Gardner Sale by Henry Huth; acquired before Huth sale by Alexander S. Cochran., Colophon: Printed at the charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623., and Signatures: A⁶+¹ [B]² A-Bb⁶ Cc² a-g⁶ gg⁸ h-v⁶ x⁴ [*]² [par.]-2[par.]⁶ 3[par.]¹ aa-ff⁶ gg² Gg⁶ hh⁶ kk-bbb⁶.
BEIN 1978 +81: Binding of Heathcote of Hursely;, BEIN Eliz +30: Huth copy with bookplate acquired by Alexander S. Cochran., First issue of the third folio ed., without the seven additional plays., Signatures: A⁴ b⁶ A-Z⁶ Aa⁶ Bb⁸ Cc-Zz⁶ Aaa-Zzz⁶Aaaa-Dddd⁶ Eeee⁴., and Copy as described by A. W. Pollard's Shakespeare folios and quartos. London, 1909.
Eliz 185: Bound by F. Bedford in brown goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. The Huth copy (with bookplate) acquired by Mr. Cochran in November 1911 prior to the public sale. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911. and Printed by Valentine Simmes. The first edition.
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printed by V.S. for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley
Plates opposite p. 96 and 98 should be reversed., Elizabethan Club copy: With thirty-two manuscript extracts from Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, selected by an unidentified 18th-century English reader and written in the margins, perhaps Herbert Randolph's father? Also several pencil notes have been erased., Engraved title vignette (portrait of Horace); illustrated with full-page copperplate engravings., With quotations descriptive of each plate from Horace and other Latin writers, and verses in Spanish, Dutch, Italian, and French, on verso of preceding plate., Pages numbered on letterpress pages (rectos) only, with an engraved illustration opposite., Nagler and Bryan attribute the engraving of the plates to Gijsbert van Veen., Colophon reads: Typis Dauidis Martinij., and Binding: Late 17th-century calf, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label; covers rubbed and heavily crazed with mottling fluid; rebacked, preserving most of the original spine.
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Prostant apud Philippum Lisaert, auctoris aere & cura
Elizabethan Club 282: Imperfect: final blank leaf wanting., Signatures: A⁴ (A4 blank)., and Translation of the latter part of Knuttel 783. Remonstrance faite aux Estats generaux ... en la ville de Dordrecht le 6. de septembre 1587. ... Ensemble les lettres ... aux chefs magistrats et colleges des villes desdites Provinces unies. Utrecht, 1587.
