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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. Written by VVill. Shakespeare.

Accession number
PML 5108
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
London, Printed by W[illiam]. S[ansby]. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstones Churchyard vnder the Diall, 1631.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Collation: A-I⁴
Printed by William Stansby. The first separate edition.
First impression in this form after its appearance in the folio, 1623.
Description
[72] pages ; 20 cm (4to)
Provenance
James Halliwell-Phillipps, his sale Sotheby, 13 June 1859, lot 334 to Boone for Tite; Sir William Tite, his sale, 18 May 1874, lot 2782 to Nattili & Bond for £4.10; Edward G. Asay; Theodore Irwin, purchased from Asay, Dec. 1881; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Purple morocco by J. Clarke.
Classification
Department