Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
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Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library -- Catalogs
The Passionate Pilgrime. By W. Shakespeare. _At London Printed for W.
Iaggard, and are to be sold by W. Leake, at the Greyhound in Paules
Churchyard._ 1599.
8^o. (4½ × 3¼). *. 22. 1.
Collation: A-D⁸, unpaged. A 1 and D 8 blank. Printed on the recto
of leaves only, except in sigs. D 5-7. Ornament at head and foot of
each printed page. At sig. C 3 is a separate titlepage: ‘Sonnets To
sundry notes of Musicke’ with same imprint as above, (in the
present copy the date has been cut away by the binder). The only
other copy known which was formerly at Lamport Hall is now at
Britwell Court. First edition.
Sinker 801.
Poems: written by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent. _Printed at London by Tho.
Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson dwelling in S^t. Dunstans
Church-yard._ 1640.
8^o. (5¼ × 3⅜). *. 10.
Collation: Portrait unsigned, *⁴A-L⁸M⁴, unpaged. Engraved
portrait after that by Droeshout, signed W. M. with verses below.
Address to the reader signed I. B. (_i.e._ John Benson).
Commendatory verses signed Leon. Digges and Iohn Warren. Duplicate
titlepage, as above but without date. At the end of the poems
purporting to be by Shakespeare appear commendatory verses signed
I. M. (Milton’s lines from the second folio), W. B. (_i.e._ William
Basse; the lines first appeared in Donne’s poems in 1633), and one
copy unsigned; after which is ‘An Addition of some Excellent Poems,
to those precedent, of Renowned Shakespeare, By other Gentlemen,’
of which two are signed B. I. (_i.e._ Ben Jonson), one F. B.
(_i.e._ Francis Beaumont), and one I. G.
BM 1392.
¦Shake-speares Sonnets. Neuer before Imprinted. _At London By G. Eld for
T. T. and are to be solde by Iohn Wright, dwelling at Christ Church
gate._ 1609.¦
4^o. (7 × 5). S. 36. 5.
Collation: A²B-K⁴L², unpaged. Wanting A 1-2, B 1, K 2-L2,
supplied in manuscript by Capell. Dedication to ‘Mr. W. H.’ signed
T. T. (_i.e._ Thomas Thorpe the publisher). ‘A Lovers complaint’
begins on K 1^v. Some copies bear in the imprint the name of
William Aspley in place of Wright’s name and address.
BM 1392.
Venus and Adonis.
Vilia miretur vulgus, mihi flauus Apollo
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
_London, Printed for I. P._ 1620.
8^o. (4½ × 3¼). *. 22. 2.
Collation: A-C⁸D⁴, unpaged. Wanting D 4 (? blank), sig. C 7
slightly defective. Epistle dedicatory to Henry Wriothesley, Earl
of Southampton, signed, William Shakespeare. The only other copy of
this edition which has been traced was purchased for the Bodleian,
but cannot now be found. The ninth edition, the first having
appeared in 1593. At the end of this volume, which also contains
the ‘Passionate Pilgrim’ of 1599 is a note in an old handwriting
‘Not quite perfect, see 4 or 5 Leaves back; so it cost me but 3
Half-pence.’
SHAKESPEARIAN PLAYS, PSEUDO.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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