British Library Copy
Shelfmark: C.34.k.17
Copy notes: Signatures: B-L4. Wanting quire [A], titlepage supplied in facsimile.
Provenance: Thomas Middleton, John Cooper, Richard from Mary; J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps,
sold 1858.
Binding: In a 19th-century English blind and gold tooled purple goatskin binding
with the title tooled in gold on the upper cover. Author and date of publication
are lettered in gold up the flat spine. The edges of the boards and the turn-ins
are gold tooled. With marbled paper endleaves. MS. notes by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps
written and pasted on the verso of the front flyleaf. MS. notes 'Thomas Middleton,
John Cooper, Richard from Mary. John Cooper, 1688, 1667' on L4v.
Shelfmark: C.34.k.18
Copy notes: Signatures: [A]2 (-[A]1, blank) B-L4. Cropped at foredge, affecting
marginal notes, cropped at foot, affecting signatures and catchwords.
Provenance: Rev. C. W. Loscombe, sold 1854; J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
Binding: In a 19th-century English blind and gold tooled dark red goatskin
binding. Author and title are lettered in gold up the flat spine. The edges
of the boards are gold tooled, the turn-ins are blind and gold tooled. The
edges of the leaves are gilt. With plain blue paper endleaves tooled in blind.
A cutting from a bookseller's catalogue is pasted on the verso of the front
flyleaf. Binder's ticket on the verso of the front flyleaf 'Bound by RILEY
54 Brunswick Street, Black Friars Road'.
King Lear, Second
Quarto, 1608 [1619]
M. William Shake-speare, his true chronicle
history of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters.
With the vnfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle
of Glocester, and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam.
As it was plaied before the Kings Maiesty at White-hall, vppon
S. Stephens night, in Christmas hollidaies. By his Maiesties seruants,
playing vsually at the Globe on the Banck-side.
[London]: Printed [by William Jaggard] for Nathaniel Butter, 1608 [i.e. 1619].
[88] p.; 4o
Signatures: A-L4
References: STC (2nd ed.) 22293; Greg, I, 265(b)
British Library Copy
Shelfmark: C.34.k.19
Copy notes: Signatures: A-L4.
Provenance: David Garrick, bequeathed 1779.
Binding: In a 19th-century English gold tooled red grained sheep binding with
the coat of arms of David Garrick tooled in gold in the centre of both covers.
Author, title and date of publication are lettered in gold up the flat spine.
The edges of the boards and the turn-ins are gold tooled. The top edge is gilt.
With comb marbled paper endleaves. Bound by the British Museum Bindery.
Shelfmark: C.12.g.27
Copy notes: Signatures: A-L4.
Provenance: King George III, presented 1823.
Binding: In a 19th-century English gold tooled red half sheep binding, the
boards covered with comb marbled paper. The cypher of King George III is tooled
in gold on the flat spine. Author, title and date of publication are lettered
in gold up the spine. With comb marbled paper endleaves. Bound by the British
Museum Bindery.
Shelfmark: C.34.k.20
Copy notes: Signatures: A4 (-A1) B4 (-B1) C-L4. Titlepage supplied in MS. Leaf
A2 is slightly defective, affecting text.
Provenance: Provenance unknown, purchased probably between 1813 and 1827.
Binding: In a 19th-century English gold tooled red grained sheep binding. Author,
title, place and date of publication are lettered in gold up the flat spine.
The edges of the boards and the turn-ins are gold tooled. The edges of the
leaves are gilt. With comb marbled paper endleaves. Bound by the British Museum
Bindery.
