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Shakespeare (William) The London Prodigal [&] The History of the Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell [&] The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the good Lord Cobham, from the third folio, 1664; and other leaves from the same edition (51 leaves)
Shakespeare (William) The London Prodigal [&] The History of the Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell [&] The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the good Lord Cobham, from the third folio, comprising pp.1-16, 17-32 and 33-54 (some pages misnumbered) respectively [i.e.pp.934-983], stained, frayed and soiled, some worming to inner margins, edges browned and brittle, all leaves loose, 1664; with a number of other leaves from the 3rd folio, including parts of All's Well that ends well (some leaves duplicated), The Winter's Tale and The Puritan Widow, mostly in similar condition, folio (51 leaves)
⁂ The three complete plays were some of the seven which were included for the first time in this third folio edition, all but one of which (Pericles) were spurious. This copy of Sir John Oldcastle has the page number 36 omitted but completed in ink in a contemporary hand; the play's title is also written in ink in a contemporary hand in the upper margin of p.39.
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Shakespeare (William) The London Prodigal [&] The History of the Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell [&] The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the good Lord Cobham, from the third folio, comprising pp.1-16, 17-32 and 33-54 (some pages misnumbered) respectively [i.e.pp.934-983], stained, frayed and soiled, some worming to inner margins, edges browned and brittle, all leaves loose, 1664; with a number of other leaves from the 3rd folio, including parts of All's Well that ends well (some leaves duplicated), The Winter's Tale and The Puritan Widow, mostly in similar condition, folio (51 leaves)
⁂ The three complete plays were some of the seven which were included for the first time in this third folio edition, all but one of which (Pericles) were spurious. This copy of Sir John Oldcastle has the page number 36 omitted but completed in ink in a contemporary hand; the play's title is also written in ink in a contemporary hand in the upper margin of p.39.
