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King Lear : a tragedy / by William Shakespeare ; collated with the old and modern editions.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773.; White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794, bookseller.; Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker.; Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, illustrator.; Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.; Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, former owner.; Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, former owner.; W. and J. Richardson, printer.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1770
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Title
King Lear : a tragedy / by William Shakespeare ; collated with the old and modern editions.
Uniform title
King Lear
Created/published
London : Printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by B. White, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXX [1770]
Description
xiv, [14], 192 [i.e. 194] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773.
White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794, bookseller.
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, illustrator.
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, former owner.
Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, former owner.
W. and J. Richardson, printer.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Also issued as part of a 2 v. collection with 4 other plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and Julius Caesar (dated 1770-1774).

Edited by Charles Jennens.

Includes half-title page (a1).

Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ A-M⁸ N1.

Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: R. Earlom fecit; other plate lettered: F. Hayman del.; Ravenet sculp.

Numbers 191-192 repeated in pagination.
Condition
copy 1
copy 5
copy 8
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T68019
Genre/form
Annotations.
Interleaved books.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy.

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Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy. Both plates lacking.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In mottled calf; gold-stamped red leather label on spine. Both plates lacking. Autograph on back paste-down endpaper: Barnabe Googe (crossed out). Below: Fortesque, Felltham.
Folger accession
cs99
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In mottled calf; single gilt fillet; gilt title and tooling on spine. Bookplate: Thomas Jefferson McKee. Second plate lacking.
Folger accession
cs88
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In half sheep with marbled paper boards. Bookplate: Isaac Hull Platt. Both plates lacking.
Folger accession
cs877
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 6 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In brown wrappers; marbled edges. Half-title lacking.
Folger accession
cs796
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 7 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In half red calf with marbled paper boards; gilt title on spine. Interleaved with numerous manuscript notes.
Folger accession
cs686
Call number
PR2819 1770 copy 8 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In half sheep with marbled paper boards. Stamp: Edward Dowden Library. Second plate lacking.
Folger accession
cs590