The First and second Part of the troublesome Raigne of Iohn King of England. With the discouerie of King Richard Cordelions Base sonne (vulgarly named, The Bastard Fawconbridge:) Also, the death of King Iohn at Swinstead Abbey. As they were (sundry times) lately acted by the Queenes Maiesties Players. Written by W. Sh. _Imprinted at London by Valentine Simmes for Iohn Helme, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstons Churchyard in Fleetestreet._ 1611. 4^o. (6⅞ × 4⅞). T. 8. 4. Collation: A-L⁴M², unpaged. M 2 blank. Part II begins with head-title at sig. H 4, with verse address to the readers prefixed. Second edition. BM 1385. The First and second Part of the troublesome Raigne of Iohn King of England. With the discouerie of King Richard Cordelions Base sonne (vulgarly named, the Bastard Fauconbridge:) Also the death of King Iohn at Swinstead Abbey. As they were (sundry times) lately acted. Written by W. Shakespeare. _London, Printed by Aug. Mathewes for Thomas Dewe, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstones Church-yard in Fleet-street,_ 1622. 4^o. (7¼ × 5¼). R. 22. 3. Collation: A-L⁴M², unpaged. Part II begins with separate titlepage bearing the same imprint, at sig. G 4. On the verso is the verse address to the readers. Third edition. BM 1393. JONSON, BENJAMIN. The Workes of Beniamin Ionson --neque, me vt miretur turba, laboro: Contentus paucis lectoribus. _Imprinted at London by Will Stansby An^o D._ 1616. F^o. (10⅜ × 7⅛). G. 1. Engraved titlepage signed Guliel. Hole. Collation: ¶⁶A-4P⁶4Q⁴, paged. Wanting ¶ 1 (? blank) and all after P 4. Catalogue of contents. Commendatory verses from I. Selden, Ed. Heyward, Geor. Chapman, H. Holland, I. D. (Lat.), E. Bolton (Lat.), Franc. Beaumont (3 copies). Each play, the ‘Epigrammes’ etc., ‘Part of the King’s Entertainment’, ‘A Panegyre’, ‘A Particular Entertainment’ and the ‘Masques’ have separate titlepages. Copies present various points of difference. In the present copy ‘Every man out of his Humour’ and ‘Cynthias Revels’ have woodcut borders to their respective titlepages. G 2 is not paged and has ‘your true Honorer’ in the subscription. The stage direction is omitted on G5^v. The titlepage to ‘Poetaster’ bears the stationer’s as well as printer’s name. This is the first edition of the first volume of the collected works, and the only one published during the author’s life. It was reprinted when the second volume was collected in 1640. The present copy has an elaborate heraldic bookplate of Thomas Cokayne. BM 893. The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The second Volume. Containing these Playes, Viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse. _London, Printed for Richard Meighen,_ 1640. F^o. (11¼ × 7⅛). F. 8.