Poems / vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent
Item Description
Call number
STC 22344 copy 10
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Creator
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Created/published
Printed at London : By Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson, dwelling in St. Dunstans Church-yard, 1640
Place of creation
Date
1640
Note(s)
Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22344
Reference citation note: Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 880
Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106377
Copy note: cs19. Imperfect: lacking the portrait, gathering *, leaves A1, B3, and D4-5. Manuscript markings and notes, including contemporary verse (?) on M4. Some leaves manuscript ruled in red. Leaf M4 is partially torn away, affecting manuscript notes. Rounded corners. Stored in a pull-off box. Provenance: inscribed: on A2r: "John Welford 179[4?]"; on A2v: "Hanah Welford"; on C1r: "Wm [William] Burton / [H?] Welford Alderman ..."; on D2v (crossed-out, affecting legibility): "Thomas ..."; on I3v: "Ellizabeth Gyles"; on M1v: "Rose Meeks hir Boo[k]"; "Robert Reed"
Extent
15 cm (8vo)
Associated name(s)
Printer: Cotes, Thomas, -1641
Printmaker: Marshall, William, active 1617-1650
Former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. 1820-1889, (James Orchard)
Former owner: Jolley, Thomas
Former owner: Perry, Marsden J. 1850-1935, (Marsden Jasiel)
Former owner: Curzon family
Former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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