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A pleasant conceited comedie called, Loues labors lost. : As it vvas presented before her Highnes this last Christmas. Newly corrected and augmented by W. Shakespere.

Love's labour's lost

Imprinted at London : By W[illiam] W[hite] for Cutbert Burby, 1598.

[76] p. ; 18 cm (4to)

Mostly in verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-I⁴ K².

Curatorial file available for copy 3.

Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 98)
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Shakespeare, Life of and Icon. Opening tp

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22294
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 150(a)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111181

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22294 copy 1
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22294 copy 2
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Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 22294 copy 1

cs0532. Manuscript note, partially obscured, on verso of title leaf: "Layd out for Th[?]...". Some margins trimmed, slightly affecting headlines and direction-lines. Small holes in leaves F3 and I2. Red goatskin binding, signed by Hayday. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William Gott (motto "nec temere nec timide")

STC 22294 copy 2

Imperfect: wanting A2-4, which are supplied in facsimile. Unidentified bookseller's catalogue entry (lot 1598) for the Heber copy of this edition pasted on front free endpaper. Manuscript bibliographical notes (in the hand of halliwell-Phillipps?) on front fly-leaf (another note is tipped to this leaf). Blue goatskin binding, signed by Frank Bedford; stored in a green goatskin pull-off box. Provenance: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy; Marsden J. Perry copy

STC 22294 copy 3

cs289. Imperfect: wanting gatherings A-C, leaves G4 and H1, and gathering K; supplied in place of the title leaf is the title leaf from the 1631 edition (STC 22295). Re-bound in brown limp vellum by the Folger Library in 1999; previously bound in a paper cover, which covered earlier paste paper and printed waste (the back printed waste (ships papers) has been rebound in at the end). Provenance: stamped armorial bookplate with motto: "Nec ab ordine credunt" (arms and motto of Buckworth family of Cley, Norfolk); inscribed on front inside of previous cover: "JP 57"; inscribed on t.p.: "E C"; inscribed on surviving front fly-leaf: "To Sheridan Knowles Esqr. with Josh. [Joseph?] Hardy's respectful compts. Lisbon 1845"