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K. Henry IV. With the humours of Sir John Falstaff. A tragi-comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields by His Majesty's Servants. Revived, with alterations. Written originally by Mr. Shakespear.

Accession number
PML 5111
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
London : printed for R[ichard]. W[ellington]. and sold by John Deeve at Bernards-Inn-Gate in Holborn, 1700.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
An abridgement, by Thomas Betterton, of Shakespeare's Henry IV. Part 1.
At foot of title: Newly published, The practice of the spiritual or ecclesiastical courts: wherein is contained, their original stile and causes usually tryed in them; with the manner of proving wills in common form of law. Together with the manner of proceeding in cases of defamation, right of patronage, dilapidation, criminal causes, &c. The second edition, corrected. By H. Conset. Sold by John Deeve, at Bernards-Inn-Gate in Holborn, 1700.
Promptbook.
Wellington's name from Giles Dawson, "The Copyright of Shakespeare's Dramatic Works", in Prouty, Charles T. (ed.). Studies in Honor of A.H.R. Fairchild (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1946), p. 28.
Description
[2], 54 pages ; 21.5 cm (4to)
Provenance
Theodore Irwin; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Red morocco by William Pratt for Irwin.
Classification
Department