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A wittie and pleasant comedie called The taming of the shrew : as it was acted by His Maiesties Seruants at the Blacke Friers and the Globe   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller
Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer
Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
G.176.39 Crump, John, former owner
G.176.40 Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, former owner
Title
A wittie and pleasant comedie called The taming of the shrew : as it was acted by His Maiesties Seruants at the Blacke Friers and the Globe
Publisher
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
Description
Mostly in verse
Printer's name from STC
Signatures: A-I⁴.
Running title reads: The taming of the shrew
Bartlett, H.C. Shakespeare early editions
Bartlett & Pollard. Shakespeare's quartos (rev. ed.)
Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue
STC (2nd ed.)
Greg
ESTC
Cataloged
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.176.39 bound in early sprinkled leather (calf or sheep) rebacked in brown goatskin. Red and black spine labels from earlier binding retained. Engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Hall laid-on to the front flyleaf verso. "Second edition" inscribed on title page. Early/contemporary manuscript character list on title page verso. Autograph of "John Crump" at head of A2 recto. Stamped armorial bookplate with the motto "Nec ab ordine cedunt" (arms and motto of the Buckworth family of Cley, Norfolk) on front pastedown. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library on rear pastedown. Edges trimmed closely, with some losses to signatures and catchwords.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.176.40 bound in 19th-century blue goatskin paneled in gilt. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. Autograph of Frances Wolfreston on A2 recto, with inscription in her hand: "a very prity mery one of a […?] begar found by a lord who persuaded him he was a lord, and this play was playd befor his new lordship". Early/contemporary inscription on I4. This copy measures 21 cm. Many edges untrimmed. Upper margin of title page repaired.

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Language English
Publication date 1631
publication_date QS:P577,+1631-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
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wittiepleasantco00shak_0
Notes No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found. Some text is cut off in the original material.
Authority file  OCLC: 63647574
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Internet Archive identifier: wittiepleasantco00shak_0
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  • IA digitizing sponsor: Associates of the Boston Public Library

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