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Venus and Adonis, second edition

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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
Date: London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594. 
Repository: The British Library, London, UK
Call number and opening: G.11180, title page & sigs. A2r-A2v
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William Shakespeare
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Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
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London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594.
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The British Library, London, UK
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G.11180, title page

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Title: Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
Date: London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594. 
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Call number and opening: G.11180, title page & sigs. A2r-A2v
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William Shakespeare
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Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
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London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594.
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G.11180, title page verso

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Title: Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
Date: London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594. 
Repository: The British Library, London, UK
Call number and opening: G.11180, title page & sigs. A2r-A2v
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William Shakespeare
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Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
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London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594.
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The British Library, London, UK
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G.11180, sig. A2r

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Title: Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
Date: London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594. 
Repository: The British Library, London, UK
Call number and opening: G.11180, title page & sigs. A2r-A2v
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William Shakespeare
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Venus and Adonis. Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo. Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
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London : Imprinted by Richard Field, and are to be sold [by John Harrison] at the signe of the white Greyhound in Paules Church-yard, 1594.
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The British Library, London, UK
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G.11180, sig. A2v

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Parish register entry recording Joan Shakespeare's baptism, 1569

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Title:   Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Date: April 15, 1569
Repository: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Call number and opening: DR243/1: Baptismal register, fol. 9r
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Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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1558-1776, entry for April 15, 1569
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
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DR243/1: Baptismal register, fol. 9r

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Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Parish register entry recording Joan Shakespeare's baptism, 1558

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Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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1558-1776, entry for September 15, 1558
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
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DR243/1: Baptismal register, fol. 1r

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Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Parish Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
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1558-1776, entry for September 15, 1558
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
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Susanna, William Shakespeare’s daughter, is cited in the local church court for her failure to receive communion

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U269/Q22, pages 36 and 37

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Call number and opening: U269/Q22, pgs. 36-39
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Act book
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May 5, 1606
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Act book
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May 5, 1606
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Act book
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May 5, 1606
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A record of a hearing in the Stratford-upon-Avon Peculiar Court following a charge brought against Thomas Quiney of incontinence with Margaret Wheeler

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Call number and opening: U269/Q22, pg. 66
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Act book
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March 26, 1616
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U269/22, pg. 66

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Troilus and Cressida, first edition

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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida, etc. [Another copy, with a different titlepage and without the leaf, signed ¶ 2, containing the Preface.]
Date: London : G. Eld for R. Bonian and H. Walley, 1609.
Repository: The British Library, London, UK
Call number and opening: 163.i.12, title page
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William Shakespeare
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The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida, etc. [Another copy, with a different titlepage and without the leaf, signed ¶ 2, containing the Preface.]
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London : G. Eld for R. Bonian and H. Walley, 1609.
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The British Library, London, UK
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163.i.12, title page

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Sonnets, first edition

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Special Collections 10739, title page

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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: Shake-speares sonnets.: Neuer before imprinted.
Date: At London. By G. Eld for T.T. and are to be solde by Iohn Wright, dwelling at Christ Churchgate. 1609
Repository: University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
Call number and opening: Special Collections 10739, title page & sig. L2v
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William Shakespeare
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Shake-speares sonnets.: Neuer before imprinted.
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At London. By G. Eld for T.T. and are to be solde by Iohn Wright, dwelling at Christ Churchgate. 1609
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The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
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Special Collections 10739, title page

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Title: Shake-speares sonnets.: Neuer before imprinted.
Date: At London. By G. Eld for T.T. and are to be solde by Iohn Wright, dwelling at Christ Churchgate. 1609
Repository: University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
Call number and opening: Special Collections 10739, title page & sig. L2v
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William Shakespeare
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Shake-speares sonnets.: Neuer before imprinted.
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At London. By G. Eld for T.T. and are to be solde by Iohn Wright, dwelling at Christ Churchgate. 1609
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The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
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Special Collections 10739, sig. L2v

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Last updated February 1, 2020

Ratseis Ghost : Or The second Part of his madde Prankes and Robberies.

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Special Collections 6912.4, signature B1 recto

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Creator: Gamaliel Ratsey
Title: Ratseis Ghost; Ratseis Ghost: Or The second Part of his madde Prankes and Robberies
Date: Printed by V.S. and are to be sold by Iohn Hodgets in Paules Churchyard. 1605
Repository: The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
Call number and opening: Special Collections 6912.4, sigs. B1r-v
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Gamaliel Ratsey
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Ratseis Ghost; Ratseis Ghost: Or The second Part of his madde Prankes and Robberies
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Printed by V.S. and are to be sold by Iohn Hodgets in Paules Churchyard. 1605
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The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
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Special Collections 6912.4, sigs. B1r

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Creator: Gamaliel Ratsey
Title: Ratseis Ghost; Ratseis Ghost: Or The second Part of his madde Prankes and Robberies
Date: Printed by V.S. and are to be sold by Iohn Hodgets in Paules Churchyard. 1605
Repository: The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
Call number and opening: Special Collections 6912.4, sigs. B1r-v
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Gamaliel Ratsey
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Ratseis Ghost; Ratseis Ghost: Or The second Part of his madde Prankes and Robberies
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Printed by V.S. and are to be sold by Iohn Hodgets in Paules Churchyard. 1605
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The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, UK
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Special Collections 6912.4, sigs. B1v

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Last updated February 3, 2020

Romeo and Juliet, second edition with manuscript note "Wil. Sha." beneath the title

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De.3.73, title page

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Creator: William Shakespeare
Title: The most excellent and lamentable tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet : newly corrected, augmented, and amended, as it hath bene sundry times publiquely acted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants.
Date: London : Printed by Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, and are to be sold at his shop neare the Exchange, 1599.
Repository: Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh, UK
Call number and opening: De.3.73, title page
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AAA.f.17                                                                 M DRUMMOND
                                                                                                             No 1

P[4]

P.S.4

 

WILliam Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
Item Title
The most excellent and lamentable tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet : newly corrected, augmented, and amended, as it hath bene sundry times publiquely acted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants.
Item Date
London : Printed by Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, and are to be sold at his shop neare the Exchange, 1599.
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Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh, UK
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De.3.73

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Letter from Thomas Bowker to Edward Alleyn about a dog, with numerous notes on the verso by Alleyn of payments, including for a book of Shakespeare's Sonnets

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MSS 2 folio 44 verso

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Creator: Edward Alleyn
Title: Letter from Thomas Bowker to Edward Alleyn about a dog, with numerous notes on the verso by Alleyn of payments, including for a book of Shakespeare's Sonnets, June 19, 1609.
Date: June 19, 1609
Repository: Dulwich College, London, UK
Call number and opening: MSS 2 fol. 44v
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Edward Alleyn
Item Title
Letter from Thomas Bowker to Edward Alleyn about a dog, with numerous notes on the verso by Alleyn of payments, including for a book of Shakespeare's Sonnets, June 19, 1609.
Item Date
June 19, 1609
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Dulwich College, London, UK
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MSS 2 fol. 44v

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