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Pericles, Prince of Tyre / by Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, bookseller.; Smith, J., active 1730-1739, printmaker.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1734
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Title
Pericles, Prince of Tyre / by Shakespear.
Uniform title
Pericles. 1734. R. Walker
Created/published
London : Printed by R. Walker, at Shakespear's Head, in Turn-again Lane, by the Ditch-side; and may be had at his shop the Sign of Shakespear's Head in Change-Alley, Cornhill, and likewise at his shop, the Sign of Shakespear's head, between the Savoy and Somerset-House, in the Strand, MDCCXXXIV [1734]
Description
60 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, bookseller.
Smith, J., active 1730-1739, printmaker.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Signatures: A-B¹² C⁶.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: Smith sc.

Also issued as part of Walker's edition of The dramatick works of William Shakespear, v. 3, 1734-1735.

Possibly with a final leaf (D1) with Walker's advertisement.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54111
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 226
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2830 1734a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2830 1734a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Half leather binding.
Folger accession
2.5.41
Call number
PR2830 1734a copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Paper covered boards with title stamped on spine.
Folger accession
cs545
Call number
PR2819 1767a copy 4 item 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking frontispiece engraving; headpiece torn from leaf A2. Bound second with King Lear, 1767, and The double disappointment, 1769. Half leather binding.
Folger accession
cs73
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 18 v. 8 item 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound first, in place of the Tonson Pericles, in the 8th volume of Tonson's 1735 works of Shakespeare. Bound in leather.
Folger accession
cs1792