The second part of Henrie the fourth : continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift : with the humours of Sir Iohn Falstaffe, and swaggering Pistoll : as it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the Right Honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants / written by William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Simmes, Valentine, active 1585-1622, printer.; Wise, Andrew, active 15th-16th century, bookseller.; Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.; Twisden, Thomas, Sir, 1602-1683, former owner.; Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.; Perkins, Frederick, 1780-1860, former owner.; Downshire, Mary, Marchioness of, -1836, former owner.; White, William Augustus, 1843-1927, signer.
1600
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Title
The second part of Henrie the fourth : continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift : with the humours of Sir Iohn Falstaffe, and swaggering Pistoll : as it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the Right Honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants / written by William Shakespeare.
Uniform title
King Henry IV. Part 2
Created/published
London : Printed by V.S. for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, 1600.
Description
[88] p. ; 18 cm (4to)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Simmes, Valentine, active 1585-1622, printer.
Wise, Andrew, active 15th-16th century, bookseller.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Twisden, Thomas, Sir, 1602-1683, former owner.
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.
Perkins, Frederick, 1780-1860, former owner.
Downshire, Mary, Marchioness of, -1836, former owner.
White, William Augustus, 1843-1927, signer.
Simmes, Valentine, active 1585-1622, printer.
Wise, Andrew, active 15th-16th century, bookseller.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Twisden, Thomas, Sir, 1602-1683, former owner.
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.
Perkins, Frederick, 1780-1860, former owner.
Downshire, Mary, Marchioness of, -1836, former owner.
White, William Augustus, 1843-1927, signer.
Note
Partly in verse.
V.S. is Valentine Simmes--STC.
Signatures: A-D⁴ E⁴(-E3,4+E3-6) F-K⁴ L².
Running title reads: The second part of Henry the fourth.
The last leaf is blank.
A reissue of STC 22288, with E3 and 4 cancelled by new leaves E3-6 restoring a missing scene.
Folger has two copies, with the following variant (cf. DFONOTE in S111114: as recorded in Greg: in some copies (like the Folger copy 2 here) leaf F4v lacks lines 18: And consecrate commotions bitter edge.; and 20: To brother borne an houshold cruelty.; Folger copy 1 here has these two lines
V.S. is Valentine Simmes--STC.
Signatures: A-D⁴ E⁴(-E3,4+E3-6) F-K⁴ L².
Running title reads: The second part of Henry the fourth.
The last leaf is blank.
A reissue of STC 22288, with E3 and 4 cancelled by new leaves E3-6 restoring a missing scene.
Folger has two copies, with the following variant (cf. DFONOTE in S111114: as recorded in Greg: in some copies (like the Folger copy 2 here) leaf F4v lacks lines 18: And consecrate commotions bitter edge.; and 20: To brother borne an houshold cruelty.; Folger copy 1 here has these two lines
Exhibited
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22288a
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 167
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111115
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 167
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111115
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22288a copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs0361. Manuscript notes on the front fly-leaves. Wanting the blank leaf. Red goatskin armorial binding. Provenance: inscribed on front fly-leaf: "... Sale by Sotheby Aug 1821"; stamp of Bibliotheca Heberiana (i.e. Richard Heber copy); gilt arms and crest of Frederick Perkins; inscribed on front fly-leaf: " W. [William] A. White 12 Aug 1889"
Call number
STC 22288a Copy 2 Bd.w. STC 22282
Folger-specific note
cs0114.2. Imperfect: wanting K2-L2; missing text is supplied in c17 manuscript Manuscript editing of title is partially erased, affecting legibility. Manuscript notes. A3 mutilated and repaired, affecting text. Stained. Rounded corners. Bound with: Shakespeare, William. The history of Henrie the fourth. London, 1604); bound in blind-tooled calfskin. Provenance: Sir Thomas Twysden copy; inscribed on title leaf verso of STC 22282 (i.e. unsigned at end): "These two plays are particularly esteemed by me because they were giv'n me by my Dear Friend ye late Sr Thomas Twysden of Peckam in Kent ..."; Mary (Sandys) Hill, baroness Sandys, copy (inscribed on stationery (tipped in at the back) with the printed address: The Ashes, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent: "This 'History of Henrie the fourth' belonged to Mary, second Marchioness of Downshire')