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The two noble kinsmen : presented at the Blackfriers by the Kings Maiesties servants, with great applause / written by the memorable worthies of their time; Mr. John Fletcher, and Mr. William Shakspeare, Gent.

Accession number
PML 17704
Creator
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625.
Published
Printed at London : by Tho[mas]. Cotes for Iohn Waterson, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crowne in Pauls Church-yard, 1634.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Notes
Signatures: pi1(=N2) B-M⁴ N²(-N2). Title-page printed as N2.
Stationers' Register: Entered 8 April [1634]
The words "Mr. Iohn Fletcher, and Mr. William Shakspeare." are bracketed together on the title page.
Description
[2], 88, [2] pages ; 18 cm (4to)
Inscriptions/Markings
Modern light pencil marginal notes identifying parts of text attributed to Fletcher or Shakespeare.
Provenance
Unidentified/trimmed ownership inscription (title page); Maggs Bros., cat. 268, no. 118; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Maggs, June 1911.
Binding
Full blue morocco, gilt, bound by Riviere & Son, ca. 1911; rebacked (at Morgan Library). Every leaf presumably washed prior to its being bound by Riviere, advertised by Maggs as "new" in 1911.
Classification
Department