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Lucrece.

Rape of Lucrece

London : Printed by Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, and are to be sold at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Churh-yard [sic], 1594.

[96] p. ; 19 cm (4to)

Dedication signed: William Shakespeare.
In verse.
Signatures: A² B-M⁴ N².
The last leaf is blank.
Stationers' register: Entered 9 May [1594].

Blank from F.S. Ferguson notes.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1986-1987. Time, the greatest innovator (catalog p. 100)
Copy 2 Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2016. Shakespeare, Life of an Icon, Juanuary 20th - March27th, 2016. Opening: p.A1v-A2r.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22345
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106341

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22345 copy 1
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22345 copy 2
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22345 copy 3

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 22345 copy 1

cs0361. Burn-holes on B2 and B3, affecting text. Wanting the blank leaf. Red goatskin armorial binding, signed by Hering; paper spine-lining (exposed due to detached boards) is printed with the following: "Henry Shaw F.S.A." Provenance: possibly Lincoln Cathedral library copy (Folger files); Sir William Bolland copy (bookseller's catalogue entry (lot 2187) for this (?) copy attached to front paste-down, with manuscript note: "Baron Bolland's sale Novr. 1840 Evan's"); gilt arms and crest of Frederick Perkins; inscribed on front free endpaper: "W. [William] A. White"; manuscript bibliographical note signed: "A.S.W. Rosenbach"

STC 22345 copy 2

cs0361. Wanting the blank leaf. Manuscript notes on I3r. Leaf L1 is misprinted, affecting text in the lower corner of L1r. Leaf N1 is inlaid. Red goatskin binding, signed by The French Binders Garden City, N.Y.

STC 22345 copy 3

cs875. A made-up copy. Imperfect: wanting gathering A, leaves B2,3, F3,4, gatherings G-N; all except the final blank are supplied in facsimile. Red goatskin binding, signed by Frank Bedford. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William Horatio Crawford (motto "durum patientia frango"); William A. White copy (Folger file)