Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1632
Materials
Measurements
342 x 234 x 76 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3092920
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade wove paperInk/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: post 1662 (date of printed wasteBinder's Name: English End Leaves: Disturbed at front. At back there appears to have been a sewn double outside hook (separate sheets), and a separate pastedown of printed waste (dated 1662). Possibly the same at the front.Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut with plough marks, sprinkled ith red pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, slight joints, no visible linings. End Bands: Worekd L-R 2x2 in plain uncoloured thread over rolled paper cores, 4 tiedownsBookmark: NoneBoards: paper pulp boards, all slips laced in? SLips 1 and 2 on the front board are laced though single holes and go through a sheet of printed waste (board lining or separate pastedown?) - all others laced through 2 holes Covering: brown tanned reversed calf.Tooling Spine: blind-tooled double fillet at head and tail of each panel and across centrre ofpanels 1 and 7; blind tooled back-to back dog-tooth rolls across bands; ms title in panel 2Tooling Sides: blind tooled double fillet border and single panel with internal corner fleurons and diagonal corner links to border. Legh crest is blocked in gold in panel 7Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Ownership inscription of Richard Legh on back flylead.
Bibliographic description
[18], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, 419, [1] p. ; fol. Imperfect: lacking the titlepage. Variant unknown. Lyme shelfmark label: Case N. Shelf 6. Printed material visible on pastedowns: a rear with imprint of London, ... John Bill and Christopher barker, ... 1662. Provenance: inscribed on A1: Peter Legh | Peers Legh | Ash: Legh. Inscribed at rear: Richard Legh ; [possibly] Jemima. Binding: seventeenth-century blind panelled, reverse calf; sewn onto six raised bands; ink manuscript on spine: Shakespeare 1632 | Shaksp. Nineteenth-century gilt ram's head crest stamped on spine [i.e. a Legh family book].
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Henry Condell (d.1627) John Heminge (c.1556-1630)