JULIUS CAESAR, 1691. Julius Caesar. | A | Tragedy. | As it is now Acted | At The | Theatre Royal. Written by William Shakespeare. | [Ornament] | London, | Printed for Henry Herringman, and Richard Bentley | at the Post-House, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden, 1691. Sixth edition. A-H4; total, 32 leaves. Ai blank; title, A2. Type-page, 7 34 x 4 5%". Catchwords: Aз, Sir,; Bi, Is; Ci, Upon; Di, Caius; Ei, Cask.; Fi, Al; Gi, Dash; Hi, Cass. COPIES. ADLER. 8% x 64". A4 lacking; title cropped, injuring top line; some leaves stained; wormhole through some margins. Purchased from Voynich. Bound in blue levant morocco. [304 BIRMINGHAM. 81⁄2 x 61⁄2". As mended in upper corner; D3 cut close at foot; D4 torn in upper corner, injuring a few letters. The Harrison of Samlesbury (January, 1881, No. 927) copy. Bound in boards, leather back. [305 BODLEIAN. 85% x64". Ai blank and genuine. Purchased, 1866. Bound in half calf. Pressmark, Malone, 962. [306 BOSTON ATHENAEUM. 81⁄2 x 64". Purchased prior to 1870. Bound with collection of old plays. [307 BOSTON PUBLIC. 8% x 6 %". The Barton (sold, May, 1873) copy. Bound in half calf. [308 BRITISH MUSEUM. 86 x 6 %". Foxed. Bound with Hamlet, 1703, and other plays. Pressmark, 841. c. 3. [309 BRITWELL LIBRARY. 81⁄2 x 6 1⁄2". Ai blank and genuine. Unbound. [310 BROOKS. 816 x 616". Bound in half brown morocco. [311 FOLGER. The Halliwell Rarities (sold, January, 1897, No. 105), Perry (sold, March, 1907) copy. Bound in half brown morocco. [312 FOLGER. The Warwick copy. [313 FURNESS. 84 x 6 316". The Kershaw (July, 1877, No. 1240) copy. Bound in red levant morocco, by Bedford. [314 KINGSLEY. 715/16 x 5 3/4". Cropped at foot, injuring signatures and catchwords; H4 recto, lacking last line and mended. The Voynich (sold, 1908) copy. Bound in brown morocco. PERRY. 8% x 6%". With "J. W. Major" on fly-leaf. Unbound. [315 [316 PICKERING & CHATTO. 8% x 6". Cropped at top and foot, injuring some [318 [319 WHITE. 82 x6%". The Pickering (sold, September, 1892) copy. Bound in half calf. [320 KING LEAR. KING LEAR, 1608. M. William Shak-speare: | His | True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King Lear and his three | Daughters. With the vnfortunate life of Edgar, sonne | and heire to the Earle of Gloster, and his | sullen and assumed humor of Tom of Bedlam: | As it was played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon | S. Stephans night in Christmas Hollidayes. By his Maiesties seruants playing vsually at the Gloabe | on the Bancke-side. [Okes' device] | London, London, Printed for Nathaniel Butter, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls | Church-yard at the signe of the Pide Bull neere | St. Austins Gate. 1608. First edition. Title, 1 leaf; B-L*; total, 41 leaves. Type-page, 6 % x 35%". Catchwords: Bi, Bast.; Ci, Glost.; Di, sooth; Ei, Kent; Fi, Effects; Gi, Is; Hi, Corn.; Ii, With; Ki, your; Li, My. COPIES. [321 BODLEIAN. 6% x5%". L4 lacking; slight tear at foot of Ei; La verso soiled. Cropped at top, injuring some headlines. Inlaid and bound with other plays in Vol. [322 BRITISH MUSEUM. 615/16 x 4 3/4". Lower margins of some leaves broken; F2 has signature and catchword cropped; K2 lower corner mended; C2 verso, Dз verso, Fa recto, cropped on front margin, injuring some stage directions. Printed description by Halliwell inserted on fly-leaf: "First edition. A perfect and genuine copy. Only three perfect copies of this first edition have, to my knowledge, been sold by auction during the last thirty years, two in Heber's collection & the present one. Both of Heber's copies are now in America, one in the collection of Mr. Lenox, the other in that of Mr. Barton. It is almost the only first edition not in the Daniel collection." Unfortunately there is no copy of the Pide Bull edition in the Barton (now the Boston Public) Library; there is a copy of the other edition of 1608 which Winsor described as Heber, No. 2016, but there is a manuscript note in the book itself to the effect that Winsor was wrong. Probably the Loscombe (June, 1854, No. 1046) copy. Bound in purple morocco. Pressmark, C. 34. k. 18. [323 BRITISH MUSEUM. 7% x 5". Title lacking and supplied in facsimile; rest of copy soiled and occasionally stained; "Thomas Middleton, John Cooper, Richard from Mary. John Cooper, 1688, 1667" on verso L4; some manuscript corrections. Halliwell's note on fly-leaf: "Purchased of Garrett of Newcastle for £20 J. O. H. This copy of the first edition of Lear, wanting the title, should be preserved with my perfect copy, on account of its containing an extraordinary number of curious textual variations, although both copies are evidently printed from the same forms. . . The Halliwell (sold, November 9, 1858) copy. Bound in purple morocco. Pressmark, C. 34. k. 17. [324 FOLGER. The Gott (sold through Sotheran, 1907) copy. Bound in red morocco, by Lewis. [325 FOLGER. Ci-L2, a fragment only. Many leaves mended and several headlines cropped. The Halliwell Rarities (sold, January, 1897, No. 750), Perry (sold, March, 1907) copy. Bound in green morocco, by Tuckett. HUNTINGTON. 71⁄2 x 5". Stage directions on C2 verso and D3 verso slightly cut; corner of Bi damaged; stabbed throughout. "Collated & Perfect, J. P. K. 1804"; "George Steevens"; "Edw. Palmer"; "There is another copy of this Play printed for Nathaniel Butter, 4to, 1608. Vol. 119". The Steevens (May, 1800, No. 1277 or 1278?), Kemble (sold, 1821), Devonshire (sold, January, 1914) copy. Inlaid and bound with other plays in Vol. 375. [327 [326 NEW YORK PUBLIC. 716 x 5 16". Title mended; L4 mended and backed; manuscript notes throughout. The Heber (June, 1834, No. 5450), H. Stevens (sold, December, 1855), Lenox (incorporated as Lenox Library, 1870; New York Public, May, 1895) copy. Bound in purple straight-grained morocco, by Clarke. [328 TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 7x4%". Notes by Capell: "Collated with another old 4° printed likewise by Thomas Creede, but for Tho. Millington and John Busby-anno 1600. E. C."; "Added in black the principal variations of the 4° of 1608. E. C." Capell book-plate on verso title. The Capell (presented, June, 1779) copy. Bound in brown calf, with other plays. Pressmark, S. 35. 1. [329 WHITE. 7% x 5%". With sheets C, E, F, G, corrected and D, H, K, uncorrected. The Mostyn (Sotheby, May 31, 1907, No. 481) copy. Bound in red levant morocco, by Club Bindery, 1908. [330 8 KING LEAR, 1608 [1619]. M. VVilliam Shake-speare, | His | True Chronicle History of the life | and death of King Lear, and his three Daughters. | With the vnfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester, and | his sullen and assumed humour of Tom | of Bedlam. | As it was plaid before the Kings Maiesty at White-Hall, vp-|pon S. Stephens night, in Christmas Hollidaies. By his Maiesties Seruants, playing vsually at the Globe on the Banck-side. | [Heb Ddieu device] | Printed for Nathaniel Butter. 1608. [1619] Second edition. A-L1; total, 44 leaves. Type-page, 6 3/16 x 4 3/4". Catchwords: A2, Bast.; Bi, Fran.; Ci, daughter; Di, thunders; Ei, Thou; Fi, The; Gi, Kent; Hi, Old; Ii, With; Ki, Cor.; Li, Come. COPIES. BODLEIAN. 716x51⁄2". Pinprickt pattern on title. The Malone (presented, 1821) copy. Inlaid and bound with other plays in Vol. IV. Pressmark, Malone, 35. [331 BOSTON PUBLIC. 716 x 5%". Title foxed, wormhole mended in a few leaves. The Barton (sold, May, 1873) copy. Bound in brown straight-grained morocco, by Lewis. [332 BRITISH MUSEUM. 74 x 54". Ii-L4, wormhole in outer margin; grease stain throughout. The King George III (presented, 1823) copy. Bound in half morocco. Pressmark, C. 12. g. 27. [333 BRITISH MUSEUM. 7% x 5 3/4". Title and A2 mended in outer margin; small stain on E2, Ii-Is; tender throughout. The Garrick (bequeathed, January, 1779) copy. Bound in red morocco, Garrick's arms on sides. Pressmark, C. 34. k. 19. [334 BRITISH MUSEUM. 7% x 5 1/4". Title and Bi lacking; A2, A3, remargined, sides and foot; L4 corner mended. Manuscript title supplied. Presented. Bound in red morocco. Pressmark, C. 34. k. 20. [335 CARRINGTON. Size not given. With "George Steevens" on title-page. The Steevens (May, 1800, No. 1277), Carrington (offered and bought in at Sotheby's, July 28, 1905, No. 383) copy. Inlaid and bound in half morocco. [336 EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. 6116 x 5". F4 in facsimile. Title extended on inner margin; A2, As, extended on lower and outer margin; A4 extended on upper corner, a few words in facsimile; Ci extended on lower inner corner, a few words in facsimile; Fi mended in center, a few letters lacking; wormhole mended in lower margin through most of book. Probably the Sotheby (August 11, 1865, No. 144) copy. The Halliwell (presented, 1872) copy. Bound in red morocco, by Bedford. ELIZABETHAN CLUB. 73/16 x 5 1/4". A2 mended in lower margin, catchword lacking; a few leaves stained. Huth book-plate. Probably the Freeling (November, 1836, No. 2076), Thorpe (sold, 1837, No. 1861), Puttick (April 16, 1849, No. 322) copy. The Huth (November, 1911, No. 1198), Cochran (presented, December, 1911) copy. Bound in blue morocco, by Lewis. [338 [337 ETON COLLEGE. 716 x 5". Bз torn. The Storer (bequeathed, 1799) copy. Bound with other plays in Vol. III. [339 FOLGER. The Jennens (collected, c. 1740, bequeathed, 1773, to W. P. A. Curzon, ancestor of Lord Howe), Howe (sold, December, 1907) copy. Bound in half blue morocco. [340 FOLGER. The Halliwell Rarities (sold, January, 1897, No. 39), Perry (sold, March, 1907) copy. Bound in blue morocco, by Lewis. [341 FOLGER. The Warwick copy. [342 FOLGER. The Griswold (probably sold, August, 1889) copy. [343 |