Eliz 222: Bound by Rivière in purple goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. Title page remargined. Qq⁴ in incorrectly bound in between Pp₇ and Pp₈. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911. and The first edition, containing only books I-III, with an ending that Spenser changed when he added Books IV-VI.
Eliz 197: Bound by Lewis in brown 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 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 The first edition, first issue, with the title and prologue of the second issue inserted before the first title.
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imprinted by G. Eld for R. Bonian and H. Walley, and are to be sold at the spred Eagle in Paules Church-yard, ouer against the great north doore
Eliz 206: Bound in calf, blind and gold tooling on cover and spine. Dogmersfield library bookplate of Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, and sold as lot 475 in the Mildmay sale by Sotheby's, 20 April 1907. Collation note of Bernard Quaritch on rear endpaper. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911., The second edition (first, 1611). The two parts were first published separately in 1591., and Falsely attributed to Shakespeare.
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printed by Aug: Mathewes for Thomas Dewe, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstones Church-yard in Fleet-street
Eliz 95: Bound by W. Pratt in calf, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. Title and several leaves repaired, final leaf inserted from a shorter copy. The Hoe copy (with bookplate), sold by Anderson Auction Co., New York, 28 April 1911, lot 1687. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911.
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printed for William Barrenger, and are to be sold at his shop neare the great north-doore of Pauls
Eliz 172: Bound by F. Bedford in red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, top edge gilt. Individual leaves in sheets I and K have been remargined; headings and catchwords shaved. Corners mended throughout. The James Orchard Halliwell copy, sold by Sotheby's, 21 May 1857, lot 875. 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 Simon Stafford. The second edition (first, 1598).
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printed by S.S. for Andrew Wise, dwelling in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Angell
Eliz 173: Bound by Hayday in red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. Collation note of James Orchard Halliwell on rear endpaper, and on the front endpaper his inscription: "This copy belonged to the late Mr. Windus & was purchased at his sale, March, 1868, by Lilly for [erased]. I obtained it in April, 1870, by exchange with Wm. Harrison Esq. of Sambsbury Hall, J.O.H.", 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 fifth edition (first, 1598).
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printed by W.W. for Mathew Law, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Churchyard, neere vnto S. Augustines gate, at the signe of the Foxe
Eliz 188: Bound by Lewis in brown goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges; initials of George Daniel on upper side of the cover. Sold with Daniel's books on Sotheby's, 26 July 1864, lot 1438. Signature of Scipio Squyer, and dated 5 May 160[9] on the title page. 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 first edition.
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for Henry Gosson, and are to be sold at the signe of the Sunne in Pater-noster Row, &c.
Eliz 189: Bound in vellum, 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 Jaggard for Thomas Pavier. The fourth edition (first, 1609). The signatures show that it was intended to follow The Whole Contention in the collection Jaggard was apparently preparing to issue in 1619.
Eliz 193: Bound by F. Bedford in red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine. The Thomas Corser copy, with his collation mark on the front endpaper; sold as lot 416 in the Corser sale by Sotheby's, 14 February 1871. The Huth copy (with bookplate) acquired by Mr. Cochran in November 1911 prior to the public sale. and The fifth edition (first, 1597).
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printed by R. Young for John Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet, under the Dyall
Eliz 191: Bound in red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges; initials of George Daniel on upper side of cover. On H₃v is written in a seventeenth-century hand, "Anagr. Elisabeth Rotton Her lot is to be neat." There are annotations for performance throughout in a seventeenth-century hand., Eliz 191: Signature of George Steevens on the title page, and a few notes by him in the text; this copy was possibly lot 1299 in the Steevens sale by King, 21 May 1800. Bookstamp of the Duke of Roxburghe on the title page; sold as lot 3860 in the Roxburghe sale by Evans, 6 June 1812. This copy was later owned by the Marquis of Blandford, and in his sale (White Knights library) by Evans, 30 June 1819, it was lot 3957., Eliz 191: This copy also appears, as an anonymous property, in a sale by Evans, 25-29 January 1830, lot 796. It was then owned by George Daniel, whose monogram is stamped on the cover; in his sale by Sotheby's, 26 July 1864, it was lot 1430. 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 second edition (first, 1597). The text of this and later editions represents a different version of the play, fuller than that previously published in the first quarto of 1597.
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printed by Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, and are to be sold at his shop neare the Exchange
