M. William Shake-speare, his true chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters. With the unfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester, and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam

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Title: M. William Shake-speare, his true chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters. With the unfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester, and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam
Alternative Title: King Lear
M. VVilliam Shake-speare, his true chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters
Creator: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published / Created: 1608 [recte 1619]
Publication Place: Device
Publisher: Printed for Nathaniel Butter
Description: 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.)
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.
Extent: 4.̊ A-L⁴ 18.2 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Elizabethan Club
Call Number: Eliz 177

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Subjects: Cochran, Alexander Smith, 1874-1929 > Ownership
Lewis > Binding
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 > Ownership
Thorpe, Mr. > Ownership
Huth, Henry, 1815-1878 > Bookplate

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 3618586
Object ID (OID): 33092054