£40; April 25, £50; Puttick, May 20, £45; Anderson Galleries, Feb. 8, $120.] Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression, port. by Droeshout from the fourth ed., and two other ports. inserted (titlepage slightly defective and rebacked, the last leaf slightly defective and repaired, a few words damaged by rustholes and stains, one leaf split slightly damaging the text), dark blue mor. gt., g.e., Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1663 (451), April 18, Sotheby Edwards, £950

[The third ed., measuring 12 in. by 8 in., with the early issue of the title-page with a blank space for the portrait. This copy contains the seven additional plays.] Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression, port. by Droeshout on title, old cf. (joints broken, title mounted, with the verses by Ben Jonson cut round and pasted on verso, PP. 475-482 supplied from a shorter copy, pp. 619-622 and 869 defective, with some loss of text, slight tears or defects in a few margins, some 11. stained and last leaf mounted), with contemp. signature of "Robert Holmes on verso of page 275, London, printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1663, folio (232), Nov. 25, Hodgson F. Sabin, £750 [Apart from the above-mentioned defects, a fair copy of the rare first issue of the third folio ed., measuring 12 by 8 ins. It has all the preliminary leaves, including the rare dedication leaf to the Earl of Pembroke, but has not, of course, the seven doubtful plays as issued with the 1664 ed. Both issues of the third folio are considered much rarer than the first folio, owing to the destruction of a number of unsold copies in the great fire of London.] Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression, and unto this impression is added seven Playes never before printed in folio, viz., Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The London Prodigall, The History of Thomas Ld. Cromwell, Sir John Öldcastle, Lord Cobham, The Puritan Widow, A York-shire Tragedy, The Tragedy of Locrine, port. by Droeshout, with verses beneath (V6, L15 and *3 split, slightly affecting some words of the text on YYY6, 2 words slightly defective, 17 ll., each with a small hole slightly damaging a few words or letters, 2 MS. marginal notes and one passage underlined, table of contents numbered in MS., two words corrected in MS. and a few words slightly damaged from rust-stains), cf. (rubbed), Printed for P. C. [Philip Chetwinde], 1664, folio (333), Oct. 21, Sotheby Pickering, £1,950

[Second issue of the third ed. with the seven spurious plays annexed. A fine and clean copy, measuring 134 in.

by 8 in., with a brilliant impression of the portrait. This copy also contains the leaf of preliminary verse and the title-page, dated 1663, belonging to the first issue of this edition.] Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression, and unto this impression is added seven Playes, never before printed in folio, port. by Droeshout, with verses beneath, the rare first issue of the title-page (blank space for port.) and the leaf of verses on the port. added, L. 45 (Tempest) torn and slightly defective, some 11. torn and mended, not very skilfully, a few minute holes occur and 2 11. of "The Puritan Widow are missing, otherwise a large clean copy in unusually good condition, old brown cf., upper joint broken, Printed for P. C. [i.e., Philip Chetwynd, 1664, folio (13 in. by 8 in.), (785), Jan. 17, Sotheby Maggs, £1,710

[The order of the preliminary leaves is as follows: (1) Leaf, recto blank, port. and verses and verses on verso; (2) First issue of the title-page, with imprint, Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1663; (3) To the great variety of readers, 2 pp.;_ (4) Leaf, recto blank, verses on the port. on verso; (5) Dedication to William, Earl of Pembroke, 2 pp.; (6) Title-page as above (7-11), various verses; (12) Names of actors and contents, 2 pp. It should be noted that the text of Shakespeare's Works is complete, and that a spurious play, viz., The Puritan Widow, is defective by 2 11. The volume has been carefully examined and collated, and all defects noticed have been mentioned, but it will, as usual, be sold not subject to return. No marks of former ownership occur in the volume, but this copy is known to have belonged to Lætitia Somner, great-grand-daughter of William Somner, the antiquary (1598-1669).] Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true originall copies, the third impression [second issue], and unto this impression is added seven playes, never before printed in folio, port. by Droeshout, with verses beneath (cut round and inlaid), a few headlines cut into, on p. 439 (Hen. VI.) some letters have been missed in printing, a few small rust-holes occur, otherwise a fine copy, red mor. ex., g.e., by C. Lewis, Printed for P. C., 1664, sm. folio (128 by 81 in.), (1318), May 25, Sotheby Edwards, £720 Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression, and unto this impression is added seven Playes, never before printed in folio, port. by Droeshout, with verses beneath (a corner of the port. and a portion of the verses in fac., wants 2 11., viz., The Epistle to the Earl of Pembroke and ¶ a 5,

FF 6, GG I, QQ 6, zz 6, sss slightly torn and defective, small holes in 30 ll., 7 ll. slightly split, B, B 4, B 6 slightly cut into, ink stain c 3, a word rubbed AAAA 3, a few words faintly printed 999 5, a few words damaged by rust-holes), cf. gt., Printed for P. C., 1664, folio (130), Nov. 9, Sotheby Maggs, £610

[Second issue of the third ed., with the seven spurious plays annexed. Measures 12 in. by 8 in.] Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression, and unto this impression is added seven Playes never before printed in folio, port. by Droeshout, with verses beneath, preceded by the very rare separate leaf with Ben Jonson's verses in large type (wants leaf of dedication to the Earl of Pembroke), blank margin of port., title and several ll. slightly defective, a few tiny rust-holes and tears, lower corners torn off p. 313, taking away several words, and p. 871 injuring a few letters, some 11. stained, strip cut off last leaf, taking away the foot of the tailpiece, small wormholes in lower back margins from p. 749 to end, otherwise a large clean copy in good condition, late xvi1th century, cf., blind tooled (worn), Printed for P. C. [i.e., Philip Chetwynd], 1664, folio (13 in. by 81 in.), (172), June 28, Sotheby Bell, £580

[The separate leaf with Ben Jonson's verses in large type is of extraordinary rarity. The present copy, like those with the 1663 title, does not contain the seven spurious plays, ending with Cymbeline, nor has it ever contained them, the 17th century undisturbed calf binding showing that about 1680 it was in exactly the same state as now. The Tempest has a number of early marginal and other annotations, chiefly in Latin, those in the margins partly cut away by the binder. One on p. 9 reads: Jack Smith gone to London beginning of Ŝeptember, 1671, a Holy-day ffool." The volume has been carefully examined and collated, and all defects noticed have been mentioned, but it will, as usual, be sold not subject to return. The name of probably the first owner, Robert Simpson, is on the title, and on the verso is the inscription: Chr. Coleby Rec. de Midleham me jure tenet.' Coleby was rector and dean of Middleham, Yorks., and in 1744 his widow gave the volume to Mr. Jno. Yarker, and the name Chris. Yarker occurs several times on a fly-leaf.]

Shakespeare (W.) [Fourth Folio.] Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, unto which is added, Seven Plays never before printed in folio, fourth ed., port. by Droeshout, with Ben Jonson's verses beneath, red mor. gt. (rubbed), vari-col. edges, title inscribed Lady Robert Bertie to T. Wyatt, London, printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New

Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in
Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1685 (361), March 9, Puttick
Tregaskis, £120

[The port. and last leaf are laid down and defective in the inner blank margins. There is a defect in the foreedge of Ii 4, and a few 11. are a little stained. Otherwise this is an exceptionally fine and large copy, measuring 14 by 9 inches. This copy was returned and re-sold on May 4 for £94.] Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, unto which is added, seven Plays never before printed in folio, the fourth ed. (port. defective and mounted, wants leaf of verses, one leaf supplied from another edition and 4 ll. from a shorter copy, a few letters damaged by rust-holes, etc.), cf. gt. (rebacked), Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685 (452), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £45

[Measures 14 in. by 9 in. Sotheby, June 9, £104; Nov. 9, £80; Jan. 17, £70; May 25, £60; June 28, £21; American Art Association, Dec. 20, $925; Anderson Galleries, March 1, $621.] Shakespeare (W.) Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, a reproduction in fac. of the first folio ed. of 1623, from the Duke of Devonshire's copy at Chatsworth, with introduction and census of copies by Sidney Lee, orig. rough cf., Oxford, 1902, folio (941), March 14, Sotheby [Another copy, Feb. 23, £10.] Heffer, £8 8s. Shakespeare (W.) Dramatic Works, by Steevens, Boydell's fine ed., with 100 plates by Blake, Schiavonetti and others, after Romney, Hamilton, Stothard, Smirke, Westall, etc., 9 vol., handsomely bd. in contemp. straightgrain mor. ex., full gt. backs, broad key pattern border on sides, g.e., in beautiful condition, 1802, atlas folio (288), Nov. 17, Hodgson Myers, £25 IOS.

[Jan. 19, 12; Sotheby, May 9, £23; Jan. 24, £8; Jan. 27, £8 5s.; Puttick, May 20, £7; May 4, defective, £3; Anderson Galleries, Nov. 11, $40.] Shakespeare (W.) Dramatic Works, by Singer, with Life, etc., by W. W. Lloyd, LARGE PAPER, port. and cuts by Thompson after Stothard, 10 vol., crushed green mor. ex., gt. over red edges, contents lettered, by Rivière, a fine set, 1856, 8vo. (1161), Oct. 12, Hodgson Heffer, £9 5s. Shakespeare (W.) Dramatic Works [1623], Staunton's fac. of the first folio, crimson mor. ex., g.e., by Zaehnsdorf (slightly rubbed), 1866 (621), Dec. 16, Hodgson [Sotheby, Jan. 24, 1 18s.] F. Edwards, £3 10s. Shakespeare (W.) Dramatic Works, the text of the first ed., one of 75 copies with proofs of the etchings in two states, 8 vol., hf. mor., panelled gt. backs, g.t., Edinburgh, 1883, 8vo. (114), July 18, Sotheby Bumpus, £7 IOS. Shakespeare (W.) Plays, with notes by S. Johnson and G.

Steevens, fourth ed., 15 vol., 1793-Supplement (edited
by E. Malone), 2 vol., 1780-Complete Verbal Index to
the Plays, by Francis Twiss, 2 vol., 1805, together 19
vol., uniform red mor. ex., g.e., by F. Bedford, fine set,
8vo. (1321), May 25, Sotheby
Maggs, £15 IOS.

[Hodgson, Feb. 2, 15 vol. only, 13; Puttick, March 9, 15 vol. only, 17s. 6d.; Sotheby, March 1, 15 vol. only, £3 5s.] Shakespeare (W.) Plays and Poems, corrected from the latest and best London ed., with notes by Samuel Johnson, to which are added a Glossary and the Life of the Author, engraved port. of Shakespeare by Field, 8 vol., polished sprinkled cf., by Pickering, Philadelphia, Bioren & Madan, 1795-96, 12mo. (510), Dec. 6, Anderson Galleries $47.50 [First American ed. and the first ed. of Shakespeare produced outside of the British Isles.]

Shakespeare (W.) Plays and Poems [edited by J. Boswell], ports., plates on India paper, 21 vol., cf. gt., 1821 (861), Feb. 23, Sotheby Maggs, £16 Shakespeare (W.) Plays, with the purest text and the briefest notes, edited by J. Payne Collier, with a copy of Collier's first reprint of Edward III. added, only 60 copies printed for subscribers, this is the editor's own copy, 8 vol., in the orig. parts, in 8 leather cases, 1875-7, 4to. (898), Nov. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £8 10s. Shakespeare (W.) Plays and Poems, with introduction and notes by John Dennis, illustrations by Byam Shaw, together with numerous extra engravings, 20 vol. (40 vol. bd. in 20), tastefully bd. in full levant mor., each vol. gold-tooled on front and backs, covers in different emblematic designs appropriate to the plays contained therein, gt. backs, silk linings, uncut, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in patent folding book-shelf case of mor., London, George Bell and Sons, 1899, 12mo. (513), Dec. 6, Anderson Galleries $100

[Chiswick ed., printed on Japan vell. One of only 60 copies.] Shakespeare (W). Poems, orig. ed., with the 11 l. at end after the word "Finis," port. by W. Marshall, brilliant impression (letterpress below and margins slightly stained), wanting the undated title-page, old sheep, large copy (measuring 5 in. by 3 in.), Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson, 1640 (271), June 28, Sotheby Sabin, £430

[Anderson Galleries, Nov. 11, $3,000; Sotheby, Nov. 9, £225; April 18, £90; Anderson Galleries, May 9, $210.] Shakespeare (W.) Poems, edited by F. S. Ellis, shouldernotes in red, woodcut borders, with similar presentation inscription, vell., silk ties, Kelmscott Press, 1893 (37), April 29, Hodgson Bumpus, 10 15s. [Sotheby, May 18, £12 5s.; Anderson Galleries, March 1, $90; Hodgson, Oct. 17, £17 10s.]