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The vvhole contention betvveene the tvvo famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke : vvith the tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt : diuided into tvvo parts and nevvly corrected and enlarged / vvritten by VVilliam Shakespeare ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection PR2750 .A13 1619
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Standardized Title:
- King Henry VI. Part 2-3
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 (autograph, 1871) (Furness copy 1)
- Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (honoree) (inscription) (Furness copy 1)
- Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor) (Furness copy 1)
- Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (Furness copy 1)
- Physical Description:
- 196 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Whole contention betweene the two famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke
- Late and much admired play called Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- Place of Publication:
- Printed at London : [By William Jaggard] for T.P., [1619]
- Notes:
- 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"
- "The late and much admired play called Pericles, Prince of Tyre" has separate title page dated 1619 on chi1; signatures are continuous. Cf. ESTC.
- The printer was William Jaggard and the publisher's initials are those of Thomas Pavier.--ESTC
- Signatures: A-Q⁴ chi1 R-2A⁴ 2B²(-2B2).
- Leaf chi1 possibly printed as leaf 2B2. Cf. ESTC.
- Without pagination.
- Woodcuts: title vignette, initials and head-pieces.
- Intended to be issued as part of William Jaggard's Shakespearian collection of ten plays. Cf. Greg, III, p. 1107-9.
- Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640; 1018:8 on UMI microfilm.
- "The late, and much admired play, called, Pericles, Prince of Tyre" has separate title page dated 1619 on chi1; register is continuous.
- Identified as on UMI microfilm.
- Local Notes:
- Furness copy 1 imperfect: all before leaf chi1 wanting; leaves chi 1, 2A3, 2A4 and 2B1 wanting with electrostatic copies from the Folger Shakespeare Library inserted in their place; leaf R1 repaired at outer margins.
- Furness copy 1 has a few ms. marginal marks in pencil.
- Furness copy 2 possibly the gift of J.O. Halliwell (later Halliwell-Phillipps), to the Shakspere Society of Philadelphia.
- Furness copy 2 imperfect: all before leaf chi1 wanting; leaves Aa¹⁻⁴ and Bb¹ wanting.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.), 26101
- Greg, I, 119(c), 284(d)
- Pforzheimer, 884
- ESTC S111147, 2nd pt.
- OCLC:
- 84770193
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