The historie of the pitifull life, and unfortunate death of Edward the fifth, and the then Duke of Yorke his brother : with the troublesome and tyrannical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end. Written by the right honorable Sir Thomas Moore, sometimes Lord Chancellor of England.
1641
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Title
The historie of the pitifull life, and unfortunate death of Edward the fifth, and the then Duke of Yorke his brother : with the troublesome and tyrannical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end. Written by the right honorable Sir Thomas Moore, sometimes Lord Chancellor of England.
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Payne for the Company of Stationers, and are to be sold by Mich: Young, at his shop in Bedford-street in Covent-Garden, neere the new Exchange, 1641.
Description
[8], 144, 135-422, p.325, 426-461, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ports. ; (12mo)
Associated name
Note
With portraits of Edward V and Richard III.
"The tragicall historie of the life and reigne of Richard the Third." has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons" on leaf K1r.
A similar edition has "William Sheares" in imprint.
"The tragicall historie of the life and reigne of Richard the Third." has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons" on leaf K1r.
A similar edition has "William Sheares" in imprint.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.
Cited/described in
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), M2688
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R5586
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R5586
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
M2688
Folger-specific note
cs1581. Vellum binding with gilt arms on brown leather square affixed on front cover; all edges stained red. Bookseller's catalogue entry tipped to front free endpaper. Manuscript marks. Provenance: arms and engraved armorial bookplate of John Peyton Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke; bookplate of Percival F. Hinton; 1926 Folger purchase from George Y. McLeish, cat. no. 24., lot no. 505