Eliz 296: K4 (blank) wanting. With 'circumstaunce' on line 2 of C4 verso. Manuscript annotations on leaf A4 recto. Ownership inscirption on leaf K1 verso: William Lura[?]. No. 1 of 8 titles bound together in mid 17th century calf with spine title: Plays, XVII Cent. Numerous inscriptions and autographs of owners, and perhaps borrowers, on front free endpaper and final page: Henry Rookes, Richard Rookes, Barzillay Jones, Humphrey East, Richard Hatton, Morris Bowen, William Slade, John Lorker, Robert Wadman., Printed by Edward Allde for John Busby, and sold by Nathaniel Butter. Cf. STC., Two states of this issue are known. On line 2 of C4 verso, the earlier state has 'circumference' whereas the later, corrected state has 'circumstaunce'., Signatures: A-K⁴ (K4 blank)., Final [3] p. blank., and Title page has printer's device (McKerrow 270); head-pieces, initials.
Publisher:
Printed for I.B. and are to be solde in Paules-Church-yard at the Signe of the Pide-Bull
Subject (Name):
Lucretia and Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius, King of Rome, active 534 B.C.-510 B.C.
Eliz 296: Manuscript annotations on leaf A4 recto. Ownership inscription on leaf B1 recto: Mr. Barzillai Jones his book, witness Leyson Llewelyn ap Jenkin ap Morgan ap Evan ap turnip ap carrot ap cabbadge ap collyflowr, etc. No. 2 of 8 titles bound together in mid 17th century calf with spine title: Plays, XVII Cent. Numerous inscriptions and autographs of owners, and perhaps borrowers, on front free endpaper and final page: Henry Rookes, Richard Rookes, Barzillay Jones, Humphrey East, Richard Hatton, Morris Bowen, William Slade, John Lorker, Robert Wadman., Dedication signed: I. Sherley., Printed by John Haviland., Second edition., Licensed as "Love-tricks" in 1625 and revived under that title in 1667., and Signatures: A-K⁴.
Publisher:
Printed by I.H. for Francis Constable, and are to be sold at his shop under Saint Martins Church neere Ludgate
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.
Publisher:
printed by V.S. for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley
BEIN Z77 111p: Bookplate of Edmund William Gasse., Eliz 296: Blank leaves A1 and L4 wanting. Some ms. annotations on t.p. No. 6 of 8 titles bound together in mid 17th century calf with spine title: Plays, XVII Cent. Numerous inscriptions and autographs of owners, and perhaps borrowers, on front free endpaper and final page: Henry Rookes, Richard Rookes, Barzillay Jones, Humphrey East, Richard Hatton, Morris Bowen, William Slade, John Lorker, Robert Wadman., Dedication signed: John Kirke., and Signatures: A-L⁴ (A1, L4 blank)
Publisher:
Printed by J. Okes, and are to be sold by James Becket at his shop in the Inner Temple Gate
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.
Publisher:
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).
Publisher:
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 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).
Publisher:
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 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.
Publisher:
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).