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Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge

The Wren Library was completed in 1695 to the design of Sir Christopher Wren. Today it contains the manuscripts and printed books which were in the college library by 1820, together with various special collections given to the college during the last 180 years. Among the special collections housed in the Wren are 1250 medieval manuscripts; the Capell collection of early Shakespeare editions; many books from Sir Isaac Newton's own library; the Rothschild collection of 18th century English literature and A.A.

Venus and Adonis, twelfth edition

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Capell *.22[2], title page

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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: Venus and Adonis
Date: London : Printed for I.P., 1620.
Repository: Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Call number and opening: Capell *.22[2], title page & sig. A1v-A3r
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Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Capell *.22[2], title page

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Shakespearian transcriptions by James Whitehall into his MS commonplace book

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308/40, folio 97 recto

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Courtesy of the Trustees of the William Salt Library

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Creator: James Whitehall
Title: Commonplace book
Date: 1605-1609
Repository: William Salt Library, Strafford
Call number and opening: 308/40, fo.97r-v, 98r-v, 176v-178r 

 

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James Whitehall
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Commonplace book
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1605-1609
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William Salt Library, Strafford, UK
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308/40, fol. 97r

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William Drummond, "Informations be Ben Johnston to W.D. when he came to Scotland upon foot 1619"

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Adv.MS.33.3.19, folios 25 verso and 26 recto

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Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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Creator: William Drummond
Title: Informations be Ben Johnston to W.D. when he came to Scotland upon foot 1619
Date: 1619
Repository: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Call number and opening: Adv.MS.33.3.19, fols. 25v-31r

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William Drummond
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Informations be Ben Johnston to W.D. when he came to Scotland upon foot 1619
Item Date
1619
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National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
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Adv.MS.33.3.19, fols. 25v-26r

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William Drummond of Hawthornden, "Bookes red be me anno 1606"

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MS.2059, folio 359 verso and 360 recto

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We are grateful to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for permission to reproduce this image.

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Creator: William Drummond
Title: Bookes red be me anno 1606
Date: 1606
Repository: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Call number and opening: MS.2059, fols. 359-367

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William Drummond
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Bookes red be me anno 1606
Item Date
1606
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National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
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MS.2059, fols. 359v-360r

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Last updated February 3, 2020

Performance of Titus Andronicus mentioned by Jaques Petit in a letter to Sir Anthony Bacon

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MS 654 folio 253a

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Creator: Jacques Petit
Title: PETIT (Jacques), Gascon servant of Anthony Bacon.
Date: January 1596
Repository: Lambeth Palace Library
Call number and opening: MS 654 fol. 253a-b
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Jacques Petit
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PETIT (Jacques), Gascon servant of Anthony Bacon.
Item Date
January 1596
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Lambeth Palace Library, London, UK
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MS 654 fol. 253a

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A mournefull Dittie entituled Elizabeth's losse together with a welcome for King James

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18298

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Title: A mournefull dittie, entituled Elizabeths losse, together with a welcome for King Iames. To a pleasant new tune
Date: Printed at London : For T[homas] P[avier], [1603?]
Repository: The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, USA
Call number and opening: 18298
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A mournefull dittie, entituled Elizabeths losse, together with a welcome for King Iames. To a pleasant new tune
Item Date
1603
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Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, USA
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18298

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Bartholomew Fair

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606593, signature A5 verso

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Creator: Ben Jonson
Title: Bartholmevv fayre: : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614. By the Lady Elizabeths seruants. And then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie; / by the author, Beniamin Iohnson..
Date: London, : Printed by I.B. for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare, in Pauls Church-yard., 1631.
Repository: The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, USA
Call number and opening: 606593, sig. A5v & A6r
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Ben Jonson
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Bartholmevv fayre: : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614. By the Lady Elizabeths seruants. And then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie; / by the author, Beniamin Iohnson..
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London, : Printed by I.B. for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare, in Pauls Church-yard., 1631.
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Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, USA
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606593, sig. A5v

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Hamlet, first edition

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69304, title page

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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: The tragicall historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke by William Shake-speare. As it hath beene diuerse times acted by his Highnesse seruants in the cittie of London: as also in the two vniuersities of Cambridge and Oxford, and else-where
Date: At London : Printed for N.L. and Iohn Trundell, 1603
Repository: The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Call number and opening: 69304, title page
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William Shakespeare
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The tragicall historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke by William Shake-speare. As it hath beene diuerse times acted by his Highnesse seruants in the cittie of London: as also in the two vniuersities of Cambridge and Oxford, and else-where
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At London : Printed for N.L. and Iohn Trundell, 1603
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Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, USA
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69304, title page

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