The vvhole contention betvveene the tvvo famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke. : With the tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the Sixt. Diuided into two parts: and newly corrected and enlarged. / Written by William Shakespeare, gent.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.; Pavier, Thomas, -1625, bookseller.; Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.; Orlebar, Mary, 1730-1821, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.; Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.; Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804, former owner.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles.
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The vvhole contention betvveene the tvvo famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke. : With the tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the Sixt. Diuided into two parts: and newly corrected and enlarged. / Written by William Shakespeare, gent.
Uniform title
King Henry VI. Part 2-3
Created/published
Printed at London : For T.P., [1619]
Description
[196] p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
Pavier, Thomas, -1625, bookseller.
Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.
Orlebar, Mary, 1730-1821, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804, former owner.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
Pavier, Thomas, -1625, bookseller.
Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.
Orlebar, Mary, 1730-1821, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804, former owner.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles.
Note
Corrupt and shorter versions, possibly memorial reconstructions, of "Henry VI", parts 2-3, by William Shakespeare, which first appeared in finished form in the First Folio. Also reprints "Pericles Prince of Tyre".
Mostly in verse.
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-Q⁴ chi1[=2B2?] R-2A⁴ 2B²(-2B2)[=chi1?].
"The late, and much admired play, called, Pericles, Prince of Tyre" has separate title page dated 1619 on chi1; register is continuous.
Mostly in verse.
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-Q⁴ chi1[=2B2?] R-2A⁴ 2B²(-2B2)[=chi1?].
"The late, and much admired play, called, Pericles, Prince of Tyre" has separate title page dated 1619 on chi1; register is continuous.
ESTC staff note
rpm 08/08/96
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 48)
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 15:9)
Copy 3 Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2016. Shakespeare, Life of an Icon, January 20th - March 27th 2016. Opening: closed
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 15:9)
Copy 3 Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2016. Shakespeare, Life of an Icon, January 20th - March 27th 2016. Opening: closed
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), 26101
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 119(c), 284(d)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 884
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111147
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 119(c), 284(d)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 884
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111147
Includes
Late, and much admired play, called, Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles.
Pericles.
Linked resources
Binding images and description for Folger Shakespeare Library STC 26101 copy 1
Folgerpedia article about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 26101 copy 2
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Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 26101 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 and Pericles. Manuscript note on chi1v. E4 torn and repaired, affecting text. Fanfare-style binding by the Club Bindery 1907, Leon Maillard, finisher; stored in a case; all edges gilt. Provenance: Robert Hoe copy (gilt monogram on front paste-down "RH"); collated at Quaritch by F. S. Ferguson
Folger accession
cs534
Call number
STC 26101 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 and Pericles. Manuscript note on front fly-leaf in Bishop Percy's hand: "3 Plays taken out of this volume, viz. 1. Woman killed with kindness; 2. King Lear; 3. Yorkshire Tragedy". Some leaves stained or foxed, and Y3 torn away, affecting text. Some leaves silked. Rebound 1963; previously bound first with five other Pavier quartos of 1619 in a mid-19th century calf binding. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "NB. Miss Orlebars made me a present of this book with a view that I shd. give it to my friend Mr. Garmer, who was collecting Quarto Editions of Shakespeare plays. I accordingly sent it dow[n] [t]o him at Cambridge,...he was already possessed of every play in it except King Lear, which he therefore took out...May 8. 1763. G. P. [Bishop Percy]; armorial bookplate of the Earl of Caledon (motto "per mare per terras") [see Van Lennep article, Shakespeare Quarterly, 1964]. "Miss Orlebars" most likely Mary Orlebar (1730–1821) [see Kitamura Sae, The Role of Women in the Canonization of Shakespeare," Ph.D. Dissertation, King's College, London, 2013, pages 236-7. Order of binding before 1763, from manuscript table of contents on verso of front fly-leaf: 1. Woman killed with kindness (presumably STC 13372, current location unknown); 2. Henry V (Folger call number STC 22291 copy 7); 3. Henry VI. Part 2 (first part of this copy); 4. Henry VI. Part 3 (second part of this copy); 5. Merchant of Venice (Folger call number STC 22297 copy 4); 6. King Lear (presumably STC 22293, current location unknown); 7. Midsummer night's dream (Folger call number STC 22303 copy 6); 8. Merry wives of Windsor (Folger call number STC 22300 copy 7); 9. Sir John Oldcastle (Folger call number STC 18796 copy 3); 10. Yorkshire tragedy (presumably STC 22341, current location unknown); 11. Pericles (third part of this copy). This order was maintained in the mid-19th-century rebinding, minus the three missing plays.
Folger accession
cs0361
Call number
STC 26101 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 (bound first and second) and Pericles (bound eighth) as part of a complete volume of Pavier quartos. Manuscript table of contents. In contemporary calfskin binding, stamped in gilt with "Edward Gwynn" on front cover; stored in a case. Provenance: Edward Gwynn copy (see Jackson, W.A. Records of a bibliographer ... Cambridge, 1967. pp. 115-119); anonymous armorial bookplate (of Goetz Wrisberg?: compare bookplate in Folger call number STC 4998; see Folger worksheet for STC 4998); Marsden J. Perry copy; in manuscript on front free endpaper: ... "From the library of Marsden J. Perry ... Purchased July 22, 1919. A.S.W. Rosenbach." Curatorial file available. Order of binding: 1. Henry VI. Part 2 (first part of edition described here) 2. Henry VI. Part 3 (second part of edition described here); 3. Midsummer night's dream (Folger call number STC 22303 copy 5 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3); 4. Sir John Oldcastle (Folger call number STC 18796 Copy 4 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3); 5. Merchant of Venice (Folger call number STC 22297 Copy 3 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3); 6. Henry V (Folger call number STC 22291 Copy 4 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3); 7. King Lear (Folger call number STC 22293 copy 5 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3); 8. Pericles (remaining leaves of edition described here); 9. Merry wives of Windsor (Folger call number STC 22300 Copy 4 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3); 10. Yorkshire tragedy (Folger call number STC 22341 Copy 4 Bd.w. STC 26101 copy 3).
Folger accession
cs0822
Call number
STC 26101 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 only. Red goatskin binding by C. Lewis with gilt-tooled spine and turn-ins
Folger accession
cs0900(1)
Call number
STC 26101 copy 5
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 only. Wormed and repaired, and Q4 torn, affecting text. Half calf binding
Folger accession
cs82
Call number
STC 26101 copy 6
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 only. Burn hole on F3. Q1 torn, affecting text. Half blue goatskin binding. Provenance: Jennens - Curzon-Howe library copy (Folger files)
Folger accession
cs0900(2)
Call number
STC 26101 copy 7
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 only. Manuscript note on N1v. Trimmed, affecting some headlines. Stained, affecting text. Red goatskin binding with gilt turn-ins, by Hayday; all edges gilt. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Sheffield Grace (motto "concordant nomine facta"); J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps copy (MS. note on front free end-paper); bookplate of the Warwick Shakespeare Library
Folger accession
cs0900(3)
Call number
STC 26101 copy 8
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains Pericles only. Manuscript markings in gathering R, including corrections to text on R2v. Red goatskin binding with gilt borders and turn-ins, by Hayday; all edges gilt. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William Gott (motto "nec temere nec timide")
Call number
STC 26101 copy 9
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains Pericles only. Half blue goatskin binding. Provenance: Jennens - Curzon-Howe library copy (Folger files)
Folger accession
cs900
Call number
STC 26101 copy 10
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains Pericles only. Manuscript note by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps on front fly-leaf; manuscript corrections to text in two hands (some by Bishop Warburton, according to Halliwell-Phillipps); manuscript numbered "2268" on t.p. Brown goatskin binding with gilt tooled spine and borders, by R. Riviere (?); all edges gilt. Provenance: armorial stamp of the Duke of Roxburghe; J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps copy; W. C. Van Antwerp copy (Folger files)
Folger accession
cs424
Call number
STC 26101 copy 11
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains Pericles only, t.p. wanting. Manuscript note on front paste-down concerning manuscript corrections, by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps; manuscript corrections to text (possibly in Theobald's hand?). 2B1 trimmed and backed. Rebound in half red sheepskin. Provenance: J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps copy; bookplate of the Warwick Shakespeare Library
Folger accession
Trunk7H4
Call number
STC 26101 copy 12
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking all before R1 (part 3 only, without t.p.). 2A3 torn and repaired, affecting text. Disbound; unsewn with disjunct leaves; circular label pasted to 2B1v with manuscript "[z/1812?]"
Call number
STC 26101 copy 13
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention pts. 1-2 only; gatherings A-B wanting. Manuscript letter signed "J. O. Halliwell [Phillipps]" is tipped to front end-paper. Half black goatskin binding
Folger accession
cs136
Call number
STC 26101 copy 14
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention, pt. 2 only. Manuscript marking (of provenance?) pencilled on back fly-leaf: "Jn. P.". L4 foxed and N3v stained, affecting text. Disbound, stored in a case
Folger accession
cs335
Call number
STC 26101 copy 15
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available. Imperfect: contains The whole contention pt. 2 only; gathering O, P1.4 wanting. Some leaves foxed, affecting text. Half calf binding
Folger accession
cs157
Call number
STC 26101 copy 16
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains The whole contention, pt. 1 only; lacking gathering A and leaves C2.3. Cropped, affecting running titles. Half sprinkled calf binding with marbled paper boards and end-papers
Folger accession
TR7H4