Puritan widow, Pvritaine, Puritaine, Widdow of Watling-streete, and Widow of Watling-street
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Eliz 203: Bound in purple goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges; initials of George Daniel on upper side of cover. Sold with Daniel's books by Sotheby's, 26 July 1864, lot 1463. The Huth copy (with bookplate) acquired by Mr. Cochran in November 1911 prior to the public sale. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911., Falsely attributed to Shakespeare., The first edition., and Signatures: A-H⁴.
Eliz 174: Bound by F. Bedford in red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. A few leaves remargined, but without loss of text. The James Orchard Halliwell copy, sold by Sotheby's, 21 May 1857, lot 872. 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, second issue, in which leaves E₃,₄ have been canceled, and replaced by a complete sheet of four leaves, of which the first three are signed E₃, E₄, and E₅.
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printed by V.S. for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley
Eliz 31: Bound by Rivière in red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine. The edges of this copy are entirely uncut. Inscription "Frances Wolfreston her bouk" on B₁; signature of Robert Mellvil on flyleaf. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911. and The first edition, second issue, in which the leaf A₂, containing the epistle and the first commendatory verses, has been suppressed.
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Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke; and are to be sold at his shop, at the Green Dragon, in Pauls Church-yard
Eliz 178: Bound by F. Bedford in crimson 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 William White. The fourth edition (first, 1597).
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printed by W.W. for mathew Law, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Foxe
Eliz 169: Bound in brown leather, blind and gold tooling on cover and spine. On the title page is written, in a seventeenth-century hand, "for Marc Stapfer.", This copy was owned by Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodley's Librarian, and it was sold with his library by Sotheby's, 16 August 1861, lot 264. The catalog noted the title page inscription and queried: "?in the hand of the poet!" 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 The third edition (first, 1603).
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printed for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Saint Dunstons Church yeard in Fleetstreet. Vnder the Diall
Eliz 169: Bound by F. Bedford in red 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 William Stansby. The fourth edition (first, 1603).
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printed by W.S. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstons Churchyard in Fleetstreet: vnder the Diall
Eliz 168: Bound in straight-grain red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. Signature of Jacobus Cummyng P.H. on B₁r. Bookplate of Plummer of Middlestead. 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 James Roberts for Nicholas Ling. The second edition (first, 1603). This is the first authoritative edition of the play, the first quarto of 1603 being a shortened version of the text, different in many ways, and possibly a surreptitious publication.
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printed by I.R. for N.L. and are to be sold at his shoppe vnder Saint Dunstons Church in Fleetstreet
Eliz 186: Bound in straight-grain blue goatskin, elaborate gold tooling on cover and spine, initials of George Daniel on the upper side of the cover, gilt edges. Sold with Daniel's books, by Sohteby's, 26 July 1864, lot 1439. 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 Nicholas Okes. The first edition.
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printed by N.O. for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Eagle and Child, in Brittans Bursse
Eliz 205: Bound by F. Bedford in crimson 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., The first attribution to Shakespeare of this play occurs in the catalog found at the end of The Old Law, by Massinger, Middleton, and Rowley, 1656. Many names have been proposed for "W.S.," but none with any certainty., and The second edition (first, 1602).
