The chronicle history of Henry the fift : vvith his battell fought at Agin Court in France, together with ancient Pistoll : as it hath bene sundry times playd by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.; Pavier, Thomas, -1625, bookseller.; Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.; Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, former owner.; Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.; Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899, former owner.; Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
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Title
The chronicle history of Henry the fift : vvith his battell fought at Agin Court in France, together with ancient Pistoll : as it hath bene sundry times playd by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants.
Uniform title
Henry V
Created/published
[London] : Printed for T.P., 1608 [i.e. 1619]
Description
[56] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
Pavier, Thomas, -1625, bookseller.
Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899, former owner.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
Pavier, Thomas, -1625, bookseller.
Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899, former owner.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Published anonymously; by William Shakespeare.
The imprint date is false. Actually one of the "Pavier quartos" printed in 1619 by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier, intended to be issued as part of what Greg calls "The Collection of 1619. A collection of ten plays, without general title but with signatures continuous through the first three: begins with a joint title to the first two." In order of printing: 1. Henry VI, Part 2 (first part of STC 26101); 2. Henry VI, Part 3 (second part of STC 26101); 3. Pericles (third part of STC 26101); 4. A Yorkshire Tragedy (STC 22341); 5. The Merchant of Venice (STC 22297); 6. The Merry Wives of Windsor (STC 22300); 7. King Lear (STC 22293); 8. Henry V (STC 22291); 9. Sir John Oldcastle (STC 18796); 10. A Midsummer Night's Dream (STC 22303). (Greg, III, p. 1107-8).
Signatures: A-G⁴; G4 blank.
Published anonymously; by William Shakespeare.
The imprint date is false. Actually one of the "Pavier quartos" printed in 1619 by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier, intended to be issued as part of what Greg calls "The Collection of 1619. A collection of ten plays, without general title but with signatures continuous through the first three: begins with a joint title to the first two." In order of printing: 1. Henry VI, Part 2 (first part of STC 26101); 2. Henry VI, Part 3 (second part of STC 26101); 3. Pericles (third part of STC 26101); 4. A Yorkshire Tragedy (STC 22341); 5. The Merchant of Venice (STC 22297); 6. The Merry Wives of Windsor (STC 22300); 7. King Lear (STC 22293); 8. Henry V (STC 22291); 9. Sir John Oldcastle (STC 18796); 10. A Midsummer Night's Dream (STC 22303). (Greg, III, p. 1107-8).
Signatures: A-G⁴; G4 blank.
Exhibited
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 14:6)
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), 22291
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 165(c)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 883
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111119
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 165(c)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 883
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111119
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Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22291 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs135. Burn-hole on A2, affecting text. Red goatskin, with gilt decoration in the "Duodo style", signed by Riviere & Son (-see Bearman, Frederick A., Nati H. Krivatsky, J. Franklin Mowery. "Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library," 14:6). Bookseller's catalogue entry for this copy pasted on front fly-leaf. Provenance: armorial bookplates of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) (see both front and back fly-leaves) (motto "persevere"); armorial bookplate of Maurice Jonas (motto "be just and fear not"); H. C. Folger purchase in 1903 (?)
Call number
STC 22291 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs0900. Stained; small hole in leaf C4. Half bound in dark goatskin and paper boards. Provenance: Charles Jennens copy; William P.A. Curzon copy; Howe family library copy
Call number
STC 22291 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs0900. Wanting the blank leaf. Red goatskin binding, signed by Hayday. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William Gott (motto "nec temere nec timide")
Call number
STC 22291 Copy 4 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs0822.5. Manuscript table of contents. Bound with: Shakespeare, William. The whole contention betweene the two famouse houses. London, [1619] -- and six other 1619 Shakespeare quartos (shelf-marks: STC 22303 Copy 5, 18796 Copy 4, 22297 Copy 3, 22293 Copy 5, 22300 Copy 4, and 22341 Copy 4). This work, along with STC 22303, 18796, 22297, and 22293, is mis-bound after leaf Q4 of STC 26101. Contemporary calfskin binding, stamped in gilt with "Edward Gwynn" on front cover; stored in a case. Provenance: Edward Gwynn copy (cf. Jackson, W.A. Records of a bibliographer ... Cambridge, 1967. pp. 115-119); anonymous armorial bookplate (of Goetz Wrisberg?: cf. bookplate in Folger shelf-mark STC 4998; cf. Folger worksheet for STC 4998); Marsden J. Perry copy; inscribed on front free endpaper: ... "From the library of Marsden J. Perry ... Purchased July 22, 1919. A.S.W. Rosenbach"
Call number
STC 22291 copy 5
Folger-specific note
cs0532. Inlaid. Manuscript notes in the hand of J.P. Kemble on the first leaf. Wanting the blank leaf. Green goatskin binding, signed by MacDonald. Provenance: inscribed on the first leaf: "Collated & Perfect. J.P.K. [John Philip Kemble] 1797"; Devonshire Library copy; Huntington Library duplicate copy
Call number
STC 22291 copy 6
Folger-specific note
cs81. Wanting the blank leaf. Imperfect at end: the head corner of F4 is repaired, with some letters in facsimile; quire G is inlaid, with some letters in facsimile. Red goatskin armorial binding, signed by C. Lewis. Provenance: on the covers, the Griswold family arms, with motto "Palmam qui meruit ferat" (i.e. Almon Whiting Griswold copy)
Call number
STC 22291 copy 7
Folger-specific note
cs0361. Re-bound by the Folger Library; formerly in circa 1850 calfskin with: Shakespeare, William. The whole contention between the two famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke. London, [1619] (Folger smk STC 26101 Copy 2) -- and seven other Pavier quartos of 1619 (see type-written description at the end of STC 26101 Copy 2). Wanting the blank leaf. Each of the leaves is silked; some are stained and with holes, affecting text. Provenance: Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore copy; in STC 26101 Copy 2, armorial bookplate of Du Pre Alexander, 2nd earl of Caledon (motto "per mare per terras"); for complete provenance, see record for Folger smk STC 26101 Copy 2