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Microform

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Title The troublesome raigne of John, king of England [microform] / the first quarto, 1591, which Shakspere rewrote (about 1595) as his "Life and death of King John" ... ; a facsimile, by photolithography, from the unique original in the Capell collection at Trinity College, Cambridge, by Charles Praetorius ; with forewords by F.J. Furnivall and a reprint of Mr. Edward Rose's paper of 1877-8 on 'Shakspere as an adapter.'

Imprint

London : C. Praetorius, 1888.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 20222.	---	Available

Description	2 v. : facsim. ; 22 cm.
Series	Shakspere-quarto facsimiles ; no. 40-41
	Library of English literature; LEL 20222
Note	With facsimile reproductions of original title-pages: 1. [The] Troublesome Raigne of Iohn King of England, with the discouerie of King Richard Cordelious Base sonne (vulgarly named, The Bastard Fawconbridge): also the death of King Iohn at Swinstead Abbey. Imprinted at London for Sampson Clarke, 1591; 2. [The] Second part of the troublesome Raigne of King Iohn, conteining the death of Arthur Plantaginet, the landing of Lewes, and the poysning of King Iohn at Swinstead Abbey. Imprinted at London for Sampson Clarke, 1591.
	"Forewords" to pt. II contain extracts from the sources of the play (Hall's and Holinshed's chronicles): p. iii-xxxviii.
	Master microform held by: LrI.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1976. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English Literature ; LEL 20222).
Note	s 1976 ilu n
Added Author	Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.
	Rose, Edward, 1849-1904.
Added Title	Troublesome raigne of John, King of England.