Loues labours lost. : A vvittie and pleasant comedie, as it was acted by his Maiesties Seruants at the Blacke-Friers and the Globe. Written by William Shakespeare.
1631
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Title
Loues labours lost. : A vvittie and pleasant comedie, as it was acted by his Maiesties Seruants at the Blacke-Friers and the Globe. Written by William Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Love's labour's lost
Created/published
London : Printed by W[illiam]. S[tansby]. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstones Churchyard vnder the Diall, 1631.
Description
[76] p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-I⁴ K².
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-I⁴ K².
Exhibited
Copy 5. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 14:8)
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), 22295
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 150(c)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111183
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 150(c)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111183
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22295 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs452. Cropped, affecting direction-lines. Half bound in dark green goatskin. Provenance: inscribed on front paste-down: "Halliwells Sale May 1856. sold ... Lot 333. [Sir] Will [William] Tite"; James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy: manuscript note in his hand: "I purchased this volume of Quaritch in March 1879 ... J.O.H.P."; Marsden J. Perry copy
Call number
STC 22295 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs224. Trimmed, affecting headlines. Dark red goatskin binding, signed by Riviere & Son
Call number
STC 22295 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs0532. A made up copy?: G1 and G4 are possibly from another copy (Folger file). Manuscript price on t.p.: "6d". In manuscript on K2r: "Novemb: 25th. 1662." Cropped, affecting headlines and direction-lines. Stained. Half bound in red goatskin. Provenance: armorial bookplate of John Fitchett Marsh (motto "prest pour mon pais") (see also inscription on front fly-leaf: "collated & perfect Mr. [J?] Marsh")
Call number
STC 22295 copy 4
Folger-specific note
cs0900. A made up copy: D2 or D3 is from another copy (Folger file); the title leaf is also possibly from another copy. The title leaf is cropped, affecting imprint year. Inscribed on A2r: "1631". Cropped, affecting direction-lines. Half bound in dark brown (?) goatskin
Call number
STC 22295 copy 5
Folger-specific note
cs135. The title leaf is re-margined, slightly affecting title. Manuscript markings. Cropped, affecting headlines and direction-lines. Leaf K2 is repaired. Dark blue goatskin with colored leather onlays and gilt decoration (in the Arts and Crafts style, c.1890), signed by Riviere & Son (-see Bearman, Frederick A., Nati H. Krivatsky, J. Franklin Mowery. "Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library," 14:8). Provenance: Charles John Kean copy; Sotheby's Kean sale, June 23, 1898, lot 137; armorial bookplate of Maurice Jonas (motto "be just and fear not"); purchased by Folger in 1903 from Henry Sotheran & Co.
Call number
STC 22295 copy 6
Folger-specific note
cs678. Upper margins repaired, slightly affecting title, some running titles, and text on K2r; missing letters supplied in ink. Red goatskin binding, signed by Riviere & Son.