The first part of the true & honorable history, of the life of Sir Iohn Old-castle, the good Lord Cobham : As it hath bene lately acted by the Right honorable the Earle of Notingham Lord High Admirall of England, his seruants

Alternate Title:

First part of Sir Iohn Old-Castle; First part of Sir John Old-Castle; First part of the true & honorable history, of the life of Sir John Old-castle, the good Lord Cobham

Creator:

Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633 (author); Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631 (author); Wilson, Robert, -1600 (author); Hathway, Richard, active 1598-1602 (author)

Contributor:

Mackenzie, John, active 1811-1842 (binder); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (attributed name); Jaggard, William,‏ ‎ 1569-1623 (printer); Pavier, Thomas, -1625 (bookseller)

Date:

1619

Language:

English

Provenance:

Vernon, George John Warren, 1803-1866 (bookplate) (Furness copy); Steevens, George, 1736-1800 (inscription) (Furness copy); Battat, Stan, 1950- (former owner) (Furness copy)

Publisher:

Printed [by William Jaggard] for T[homas]. P[avier]

Relation:

The Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366213; The M.A. Shaaber Fund for the Furness Shakespeare Library Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366280

Subject:

Oldcastle, John, Sir, -1417 Drama Early works to 1800; Oldcastle, John, Sir, -1417

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Drama; Early works; books

Physical Description:

[80] pages; 17 cm (4to)

Related Place:

England -- London.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Furness copy purchased at auction for the Penn Libraries on 5 December 2019 from Bonhams (lot 3).; Furness copy has armorial bookplate (monogram "WV" beneath a baron's coronet and motto "Vernon semper viret") of George John Warren Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon (1803-1866) overstamped with illegible round red ink stamp on front pastedown.; Furness copy has round red ink stamp of an unidentified former owner on verso of front free endpaper; inscription ("Geo. Steevens.") on title leaf.; Furness copy sold at Bonham's as part of the Stan Battat Collection, 5 Dec 2019 (lot 3); listed in Rosenbach Company, English Plays to 1700 Including an Unique Shakespeare Collection (Philadelphia, 1940), item 461; previously sold at Sotheby's London as part of the library of George Vernon, 12 June 1918, to Bernard Quaritch; contains Quaritch collated and perfect note ("14/vi/18"). See also Shakespeare census, SC# 1448.5.; Furness copy bound by John Mackenzie (with his stamp on front pastedown) in full gold-tooled red morocco; gold-tooled cover edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine panels; brief title, attributed author's surname and fictitious imprint date stamped in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt.; With a fictitious imprint date and pseudonymously published: not by Shakespeare. Attributed to Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Robert Wilson, and Richard Hathway. The true 1600 edition (STC 18795) was anonymous. See ESTC.; Printed by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier; see STC.; Mostly in verse.; Running title reads: The first part of Sir Iohn Old-Castle.; "No more published."--ESTC.; Signatures: A-K⁴.; Without pagination.; Woodcut title vignette, initial and head-piece; type ornament head-piece.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the M.A. Shaaber Fund for the Furness Shakespeare Library.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR2867 1619

Collection:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania); STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund; M.A. Shaaber Fund for the Furness Shakespeare Library