Julius Caesar. : A tragedy. As it is now acted at the Theatre Royal. Written by William Shakespeare.
Created/published
London : Printed by H. H[ills]. Jun. for Hen. Heringman and R. Bentley in Russel-street in Covent-Garden, and sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange in the Strand, 1684.
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S2922 Bartlett, H. Mr. William Shakespeare, 112 Woodward & McManaway, 1112 English short title catalogue (ESTC), R15574
cs174. Half red goatskin with marbled papered boards. Bookseller's catalogue entry for this copy pasted on front fly-leaf. Manuscript markings. Leaf I1 trimmed at foot, affecting catchwords and signature. Provenance: inscription on title leaf verso: "Stillingfleet" (according to Henrietta C. Bartlett, "[p]robably the Bishop Edward Stillingfleet (died 1699; books sold to Narcissus Marsh, now in Marsh's Library, Dublin) copy. Probably the [Henry F.] Sewall (January 18, 1897, n. 3441) copy." - see: Bartlett, Henrietta and Alfred W. Pollard. A census of Shakespeare's plays in quarto 1594 - 1709. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939, p. 39, no. 404
Call number
S2922 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Warwick. Manuscript markings and notes. According to pencilled manuscript note on facing fly-leaf: "The same hand that wrote on this title wrote / the same words on the 1/2 title of the "Dennis" / copy of 1709 Rowe." Names of different actors added in manuscript to printed cast and actors on title leaf verso. Title leaf printing blurred. Offset of manuscript note on verso of final leaf. Provenance: engraved bookplate of Warwick Castle; according to Folger card catalogue: "MS. note by J. O. Halliwell - Phillipps"
Call number
S2922 Bd.w. D2325
Folger-specific note
Warwick.7. Gold-tooled, brown calf binding. Manuscript notes. Provenance: inscriptions of Eliz. Clare and J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps; bookplate of Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library