The tragedie of King Richard the third. : Conteining his treacherous plots against his brother Clarence: the pittifull murther of his innocent nephewes: his tyrannicall vsurpation: with the whole course of his detested life, and most deserued death. As it hath bin lately acted by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. Newly augmented, by William Shake-speare
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Call number
STC 22317 copy 1
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Creator
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Creede, and are to be sold by Mathew Lawe, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Foxe, neare S. Austins gate, 1605
Place of creation
Date
1605
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), 22317
Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111118
Copy note: cs0822. Imperfect: cropped throughout, affecting first line of title and headlines throughout. Manuscript notes. Some of the head corners are burned and repaired. Rebound in brown paper wrappers over the previous fly-leaves by Folger Library; housed with the previous silk covers (paper label attached to silk cover reading: "Play of Richard III ... Autograph of William Penn. in five places. Lent by Mrs. Herbert."); stored in a pull-off box. Provenance: inscribed 'William Penn' in several places; Marsden J. Perry copy (on previous front fly-leaf: 'from the collection of Marsden J. Perry, Providence, R.I. Purchased July 22, 1919 A.S.W. Rosenbach')
Extent
19 cm (4to)
Associated name(s)
Printer: Creede, Thomas, -1619?
Bookseller: Law, Matthew, -1629
Former owner: Penn, William, 1644-1718
Former owner: Perry, Marsden J. 1850-1935, (Marsden Jasiel)
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https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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