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262 RANDOLPH (Thomas) Poems, with the Muses Looking-Glass and Amyntas; whereunto is added the Jealous Lovers, the fifth edition, front., a few headlines slightly shaved, sm. 8vo, brown polished calf extra, gilt edges, £3 15s

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Printed for F. Bowman, 1664 Poems with the Muses Looking-Glass and Amyntas: whereunto is added the Jealous Lovers, the fifth edition, with several additions, corrected and amended, sm. 8vo, contemporary calf, loose in binding, tear in margin of one leaf, £1 15s

Oxford, 1668

Poems with the Muses Looking-Glass and Amyntas; whereunto is added the Jealous Lovers, THE FIFTH EDITION, with several additions, corrected and amended, sm. 8vo, russia extra, front. of the 1664 edition inserted, £1 1s

Oxford, F. Bowman, 1668 Poems with the Muses Looking-Glass and Amyntas; whereunto is added the Jealous Lovers, fifth edition, with several additions, corrected and amended, 12mo, old calf, rebacked, stained copy, a few headlines cut, old autograph signatures on title, 158 Oxford, printed for F. Bowman, 1668 266 RAVENSCROFT (E.) The London Cuckolds, a comedy, sm. 8vo, sewn, stained, headlines cut, 4s 6d Sold by Mary Edwards, 1708 267 RIVERS (Mr.) The Traytor, a tragedy, with alterations, amendments and additions, as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal by Their Majesties Servants, 4to, sewn, title and last leaf soiled, 10s 6d Printed for Richard Parker and Sam. Briscoe, 1692 This play, first published in 1635, was probably never acted in its original form. It was altered and added to by Shirley, and included in his works.

268 ROMULUS AND HERSILIA, or the Sabine War, a tragedy, acted at the Dukes Theatre, 4to, half calf, some catchwords cut, scarce, £1 1s

Printed for D. Brown and T. Benskin, 1683

The plot of this anonymous play is taken from Livy, and Ovid's Metamorphoses. The Epilogue is by Mrs. Behn. 269 ROWLEY (Samuel) The Noble Souldier, or a Contract Broken, justly reveng'd, FIRST EDITION, some leaves stained, last leaf defective and repaired, sm. 4to, polished calf extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges, by Wallis, £5 5s

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Printed for Nicholas Vavasour, 1634 The running title of this play is "The Noble Spanish Soldier," and the publisher, Nicholas Vavasour, entered it under that title, December, 1633, as written by Thomas Decker, who may have assisted in the composition, or completed the play after Rowley's death. It appears also to have been entered at Stationers' Hall in 1631 as the work of Decker.

A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vext, a pleasant conceited comedy, sundry times acted, never before printed, 8vo, neatly half bound, scarce, 6s 6d Reprinted by and for John Lowndes, 1824 271 RUGGLE (George) Ignoramvs, Comoedia coram Regia Maiestate Iacobi Regis Angliae, etc., front., FIRST EDITION, 12mo, russia gilt, gilt edges, corner of last leaf repaired, £1 1s Londini, 1630 Ignoramus, secunda editio auctior et emendatior, front., 12mo, original calf gilt, 15s

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idem, 1630 273 Ignoramus, editio tertia, locis sexcentis emendatior, front., 12mo, old calf, binding worn, short copy, 4s 6d 274 RUTTER (Jos.) The Shepheards Holy-day, a pastoral tragi-comaedie, acted before both Their Majesties at White-Hall by the Queenes Servants, with an elegie on the death of the most noble lady, the Lady Venetia Digby, sm. 8vo, calf, badly stained, title page defective and mounted, £l ls N. and I. Okes for Iohn Benson, 1635 Contains commendatory verses by Ben Jonson and Thomas May.

275 RYMER (Tho.) The English Monarch, an heroick tragedy, 4to, sewn, Printed for James Knapton, 1691

UNCUT, £1 1s

The running title is

"Edgar."

276 ST. SERFE (Tho.) Tarugo's Wiles, or the Coffee-House, a comedy, as it was acted at His Highness's the Duke of York's Theater, FIRST EDITION, 4to, sewn, £3 38 Printed for Henry Herringman, 1668 277 SAXONIS GRAMMATICI DANORUM HISTORIAE, libri XVI., folio, old calf, joints cracked, arms in gold on the sides, £5 15s

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This work is the source from which the story of "Hamlet was obtained.

Basil, 1534

278 SCALA SANCTA, or the Exaltation of the Soul: being a Train of
pious thoughts, compleating the whole duty of man, or devotions compiled by R. A.,
Gent., in his solitude, engraved title, sm. 8vo, original calf, binding worn, title stained and
outer margin defective, bookplate of Sir Armine Wodehouse, 10s 6d

T. Snowden for G. Kunholt, 1678
279 SCHELLING (Felix E.) The Queen's Progress, and other Elizabethan
Sketches, portraits, 8vo, buckram, 6s 6d

N.D.

280 SCOTT (Thomas) The Mock-Marriage, a comedy, acted at the Theatre
in Dorset-Garden by His Majesty's Servants, 4to, sewn, a few catchwords cut, 10s 6d
Printed for H. Rhodes, J. Harris and S. Briscoe, 1696
The Unhappy Kindness, or a Fruitless Revenge, a tragedy,
as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, 4to, sewn, stained, 10s 6d

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Printed for H. Rhodes, S. Briscoe, and R. Parker, 1697
282 SEDLEY (Sir Charles) Poetical Works and his Speeches in Parliament,
with large additions never before made public, published from the original MS. by Capt.
Ayloffe. with a New Miscellany of Poems by several of the most Eminent Hands,
and a compleat collection of all the remarkable speeches in both Houses of Parliament,
8vo, original calf gilt, £1 10s
Sam. Briscoe, 1707

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Bellamira, or the Mistress, a comedy, as it is acted by Their
Majesties Servants, FIRST EDITION, 4to, sewn, worm-hole in a few blank margins, a few
headlines shaved, £2 2s Printed by D. Mallet for L. C. and Timothy Goodwin, 1687
The Mulberry-Garden, a comedy, as it is acted by His
Majestie's Servants at the Theatre- Royal, 4to, sewn, title and last leaf dust-stained, 18s
Printed for H. Herringman, 1675
285 SETTLE (Elkanah) Cambyses King of Persia, a tragedy, acted by
His Highness the Duke of York's Servants, second edition, 4to, sewn, 158

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Printed for William Cademan, 1672

Dedicated to Anne, Dutchess of Bucclugh and Monmouth.

Cambyses King of Persia . . .

third edition, 4to, half calf,
Printed for William Cademan, 1675

title shaved at fore-edge, 15s

Cambyses King of Persia . . . fourth edition, 4to, sewn, title
and last leaf dust-stained, 8s 6d
Printed for R. Bentley, 1692
The Empress of Morocco, a tragedy, as it is acted at the King's
Theatre, 4to, sewn, title and a few leaves foxed, one headline cut, 12s

Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1698
acted at the Duke's Theatre,

Love and Revenge, a tragedy,
FIRST EDITION, 4to, sewn, pierced by a nail, title and last leaf soiled, £1 1s

Printed for William Cademan, 1675

In a postscript the authors says that this play is founded on a Tragedy called the Fatal Contract, and
then goes on to make a violent attack upon Shadwell, which is noteworthy, as it applies the epithet
dull to Shadwell long before Dryden wrote Mac Flecknoe.

Pastor Fido, or the Faithful Shepherd, a pastoral, as it is acted
by Their Majesties Servants, 4to, sewn, slightly foxed, 10s 6d
Printed for Tho. Chapman, 1694
Philaster, or Love lies a Bleeding, a tragi-comedy, as it is now
acted at His Majesty's Theatre Royal, revis'd, and the two last acts new written, FIRST
EDITION, 4to, bds., one or two headlines shaved, £1 10s Printed for R. Bentley, 1695

An alteration of Beaumont and Fletcher's "Philaster."

292 SHADWELL (Thomas) The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-
Hater, as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre, made into a play, 4to, half morocco, £2 10s
J. M. for Henry Herringman, 1688

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In the dedication to George, Duke of Buckingham, Shadwell says of the play: "It is the more worthy
of you, since it has the inimitable hand of Shakespear in it, which never made more Masterly strokes
than in this. Yet I can truly say, I have made it into a Play."

294

The Sullen Lovers, or the Impertinents, a comedy, acted at the
Theatre Royal by Their Majesties Servants, 4to, half bound, bookplate of H. B. Wheatley,
10s 6d
Printed for H. Herringman, 1693
acted by the Duke's Servants,
Printed for James Knapton, 1689

A True Widow, a comedy,
FIRST EDITION, 4to, half red morocco, £1 10s

295 SHADWELL (Thomas) The Virtuoso, a comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half calf, title-page stained and slightly torn, £1 10s T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676 296 [SHADWELL (T.)] Some Reflections upon the Pretended Parallel in the Play, called "The Duke of Guise," 4to, sewn, 10s 6d 297 SHAKESPEARE (W.) Works, with notes by L. Theobald, portrait and plates, SECOND EDITION of Theobald's text, 8 vole, sm. 8vo, calf, neatly rebacked, £2 15s

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1740

Plays, with Mr. Malone's various readings, a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most Eminent Commentators, a history of the stage, and a life of Shakspeare, by Alexander Chalmers, portrait, 8 vols, 8vo, half calf, binding worn, 7s 6d 1823

WERKE, herausgegeben und erklärt von Nicolaus Delius, portrait, 2 vols, roy. 8vo, half morocco, uncut, 15s Elberfeld, 1882

Plays, edited and annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, illustrated by H. C. Selous, 3 vols, roy. 8vo, half calf, 10s 6d Cassell, N.D.

As You Like It, W. Strange, 1846-Comedy of Errors, Hayward and Adam, 1845-Merchant of Venice, Sherwood and Bowyer, 1845-Much Ado about Nothing, idem, 1845-Winter's Tale, Hayward and Adam, 1846-The Tempest, W. Strange, 1846-Coriolanus, idem, 1846-K. Henry the Fifth, idem, 1846— K. Richard III., Hayward and Adam, 1845-Hamlet, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1845-Romeo and Juliet, W. Strange, 1846-Othello, Sherwood and Bowyer, 1845— King John, idem, 1844-K. Henry the Eighth, idem, 1845-bound in 3 vols, 24mo, cloth, £1 1s

Very scarce little pocket editions.

Cymbeline, a tragedy, altered from Shakespeare, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, by William Hawkins, 8vo, half bound, stained copy, 10s 6d 1759

[Garrick (David)] A Midsummer Night's Dream, written by Shakespeare, with alterations and additions, and several new songs, as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 8vo, half calf, nice copy, scarce, £1 15s

Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1763 Othello, the Moor of Venice, a tragedy, collated with the old and modern editions [by Charles Jennens], front. engraved by Grignion from drawing by Hayman, 8vo, unbound, nice copy, 10s 6d 1773

Romeo and Juliet, adapted to the stage by David Garrick, revised by J. P. Kemble, 1814-The First Part of Henry IV., as performed at the Theatres Royal, regulated from the prompt book, with an introduction and notes, J. Barker, N.D.-The History of King Lear, revived, with alterations, by N. Tate, 1759— the 3 in one vol, sm. 8vo, half calf, stained copy, 15s

1898

306 SHAKESPEARE'S POEMS, a facsimile reproduction of the 1640 edition, cr. 8vo, neatly half bound, £1 1s A. Russell Smith, 1885 Poems, edited with an introduction and notes by George Wyndham, 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 15s 308 SHAKESPEARE'S DOUBTFUL PLAYS, with an introductory essay on each play, by A. F. Hopkinson, LARGE PAPER COPIES, 5 in one vol, sm. 4to, roxburghe, only 20 copies of each printed, £3 3s 1898-99 This volume contains the following plays:-Arden of Faversham, Locrine, King Edward III., The Merry Devil of Edmonton, A Yorkshire Tragedy.

309 SHAKESPEARE.-PSEUDO-SHAKESPEARIAN

PLAYS.-The

Comedie of Faire Em, 1883-The Merry Devil of Edmonton, 1884-King Edward III., 1886 The Birth of Merlin, 1887-Arden of Feversham, 1888-together 5 parts, all revised and edited, with introduction and notes, by Karl Warnke and Ludwig Proescholdt, 8vo, wrappers, 128 6d

Halie, 1883-88

SHAKESPEARIANA.

310 ABBOTT (E. A.) A Shakespearian Grammar: an attempt to illustrate some of the differences between Elizabethan and modern English, 12mo, cloth, 5s 1901 311 BRANDES (George) William Shakespeare, a critical study, 2 vols, 8vo, roxburghe, £1 1s

1898

312 BROOKE (Stopford A.) On Ten Plays of Shakespeare, 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 6s 6d

1905 Midsummer Night's Dream; Romeo and Juliet; Merchant of Venice; As you like it; Macbeth; The Tempest, etc.

313 COLERIDGE (S. T.) Seven Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton: a list of all the MS. emendations in Mr. Colliers' folio, 1632, and an introductory preface by J. Payne Collier, 8vo, cloth, 5s 6d

1856

314 COUNTERMINE (Rev. John Donnan) The Religious Belief of Shakespeare, 12mo, cloth, 2s 6d

N.D.

315 DOUCE (Francis) Illustrations of Shakspeare and of ancient manners, with dissertations on the clowns and fools of Shakespeare, &c., plates and reproductions of woodcuts, 8vo, cloth, binding loose, 78 6d

1839

316 DOWNING (C.) God in Shakspeare: the course of the Poet's spiritual life, with his reflections thereon and his resultant conception of his world-personality inductively established from his text, second edition, with special preface, 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 68 1901 317 DURNING-LAWRENCE (Sir Edwin) Bacon is Shake-speare; together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegances, portraits, plates and facsimiles, 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 4s 6d 1910

1789

318 EDWARDS (Thomas) The Canons of Criticism and Glossary: being a supplement to Mr. Warburton's edition of Shakespear, collected from the notes in that celebrated work, 8vo, original calf, binding slightly worn at back, 8s 6d 1765 319 FARMER (Richard) An Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare, addressed to Joseph Cradock, third edition, 8vo, wrappers, UNCUT, scarce, 8s 6d 320 FRANZ (W.) Shakespeare-Grammatik, Zweite Auflage Wesentlich Vermehrt und Verbessert, 8vo, wrappers, UNCUT, 10s 6d Heidelberg, 1909 321 FRISWELL (J. Hain) Life Portraits of William Shakspeare: a history of the various representations of the Poet, with an examination into their authenticity, photographs of the most authentic portraits and views, sm. 4to, cloth, 10s 6d 322 GERVINUS (Dr. G. G.) Shakespeare Commentaries, translated by F. E. Bunnett, 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 10s 6d 323 GREENWOOD (G. G.) The Shakespeare Problem Restated, front., 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 10s 6d The Bodley Head, 1908 324 HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. O.) The Stratford Records and the Shakespeare Autotypes, the fifth edition, 8vo, cloth, 3s 325 HAMLET, or Shakespeare's Philosophy of History: a study of the spiritual soul and unity of Hamlet, by Mercade, 8vo, cloth, binding slightly soiled, 5s 6d 1875

1864

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326 HAZLITT (W. Carew) Shakespear, Himself and his Work: a study from new points of view, second edition, revised with important additions, facsimiles of Shakespeare's signature, &c., 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 6s 6d 1903 327 HUDSON (H. N.) Lectures on Shakspeare, 2 vols, cr. 8vo, cloth,

scarce, 12s 6d

New York, 1848

328 INGLEBY (C. Mansfield) The Shakespeare Fabrications, or the MS. notes of the Perkin's folio shown to be of recent origin, with an appendix on the authorship of the Ireland forgeries, facsimile front., 12mo, cloth, scarce, 6s 1859 329 KEIGHTLEY (T.) The Shakespeare-Expositor: an aid to the perfect understanding of Shakespeare's plays, 12mo, cloth, 5s 330 LATHROP (Elise) Where Shakespeare Set his Stage, numerous illustrations and decorations by G. W. Hood, 8vo, cloth, nire copy, 12s 6d

1867

N.D.

331 LOUNSBURY (T. R.) The First Editors of Shakespeare (Pope and

1906

Theobald): the story of the first Shakespearian controversy, and of the earliest attempt of establishing a critical text of Shakespeare, 8vo, cloth, nice copy, 7s 6d 332 MADDEN (D. H.) The Diary of Master William Silence: a study of Shakespeare and of Elizabethan sport, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, cloth, UNCUT, nice copy, £1 58

1897

333 MARTIN (Helena Faucit, Lady) On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters: Ophelia, Portia, Desdemona, Juliet, Imogen, Rosalind and Beatrice, portrail, 8vo, cloth, covers soiled, 4s 6d

1887

334 MASEFIELD (John) William Shakespeare (Home University Library Series), FIRST EDITION, 12mo, cloth, 7s 6d

N.D.

335 NEW STUDY of Shakespeare: an inquiry into the connection of the plays and poems, with the origins of the classical drama, and with the platonic philosophy through the mysteries, photographic front., 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d (1884) 336 ORDISH (Thomas Fairman) Shakespeare's London: a commentary on Shakespeare's life and work in London, A NEW EDITION, with a chapter on Westminster and an itinerary of sites and reliques, portrait and illustrations, cr. 8vo, cloth, 6s 6d 1904 337 POTT (Mrs. Henry) The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies (being private notes, circa 1594, hitherto unpublished), by Francis Bacon, illustrated and elucidated by passages from Shakespeare, thk. 8vo, cloth, wanting the facsimile, 10s 6d 338 POWNALL (Rev. Alfred) Shakspere Weighed in an even Balance, 8vo, cloth, 38 339 RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES called from the Works of Shakespere, compared with sacred passages drawn from holy writ being a selection of religious sentiments, &c., blended in the dramatic works, &c., of our immortal bard, portrait, 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d 1843

1883

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340 REMARKS on the Tragedy of Hamlet, 1736, reprinted 1864-Phin (J.) Shakespearean Notes, 1901-Lee (Sidney) The Alleged Vandalism at Stratford-onAvon, illustrated, 1903-Lee (Sidney) Four Quartos of Shakespeare, 1908-and 2 other tracts, 7s 6d 341 S[HORT] (C.) The Life and Humours of Falstaff: a comedy formed out of the two parts of Shakspeare's Henry the Fourth, and a few scenes of Henry the Fifth, 8vo, half calf, nice copy, very scarce, UNCUT, £1 10s 1829

342 SUBBARAU (Rentala Venkata) Othello Unveiled, portrait of the Author, thk. 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d Madras, 1906

Contains a reprint of the first and second quartos (modern text), together with annotations and exposition.

343 SWINBURNE (Charles Alfred) Sacred and Shakespearian Affinities: being analogies between the writings of the psalmists and of Shakespere, 8vo, cloth, 5s 1890 344 TURNBULL (W. R.) Othello, a critical study, 8vo, cloth, nice copy,

7s 6d

1892

1860

345 WALKER (William Sidney) A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare, with remarks on his language and that of his contemporaries; together with Notes on his Plays and Poems, 3 vols, 12mo, original cloth, scarce, £1 10s 346 WHITE (R. G.) Shakespeare's Scholar: being historical and critical studies of his text, characters and commentators, with an examination of Mr. Collier's folio of 1632, 8vo, half morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, binding rubbed, 8s 6d 347 WIGSTON (W. F. C.) Bacon, Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians, portrait, 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d

1854

1888

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Francis Bacon, Poet, Prophet, Philosopher, versus Phantom Captain Shakespere, the Rosicrucian mask, portrait, 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d

1891

349

Hermes Stella, or Notes and Jottings upon the Bacon Cipher, front., 8vo, cloth, 8s 6d

1890

350

The Columbus of Literature, or Bacon's New World of Sciences, front., 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d

1892

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