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• Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M., vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, extending from 1648 to 1679 : from the original mss. preserved in the library of the Medical Society of London / arranged by Charles Severn.
  The diary contains references to and biographical sketches of Shakespeare and also gives an account of the medical knowledge of the time. (From Folger)
• The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare
  Original binding (?)
• A disquisition on the scene, origin, date, etc. etc. of Shakespeare's Tempest, in a letter to Benjamin Heywood Bright / from Joseph Hunter
  “One hundred copies only printed.”, Title Vignette (from Folger)
• Farther particulars regarding Shakespeare and his works in a letter to the Rev. Joseph Hunter ... from J. Payne Collier.
  Quarterbound calf over brown boards with gilded title on spine. Autographed presentation copy from the author to Sir Henry Ellis. From Collection of J.O. Halliwell-Phillips. Note on back pastedown lists book as part of Halliwell-Phillipps sale 1889. Collier's note on verso of first endpaper says "Sir Henry Ellis --- from his much obliged, J Payne Collier Jan 1st 1840. Word "Study" on front pastedown.
• Kynge Johan. A play in two parts. By John Bale. Ed. by J. Payne Collier ... from the ms. of the author in the library of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
  Binding: Bound in Black cloth with blind panelstamp centrepiece. Bookplate of S. Mark and St. John Chelsea, Library on front endpaper and stamp of same library on titlepage. Signature on endpaper cut out.
• Observations on an Autograph of Shakspere, and the Orthography of His Name, Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Sir Frederic Madden... in a Letter to John Gage.
  Bound in a photomount pamphlet
• Shakespeare's autobiographical poems. Being his sonnets clearly developed: with his character drawn chiefly from his works.
  Bound in brown buckrum.
• Life of King Henry the Eighth : founded on authentic and original documents, (some of them not before published;) including an historical view of his reign; with biographical sketches of Wolsey, More, Erasmus, Cromwell, Cranmer, and other eminent contemporaries.
  2d ed.
• The literary remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge / collected and edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge.
  Approximate date.
• King John (with the benefit of the act) : a burlesque, in one act ... printed from the acting copy, with description of the costume, cast of the characters, exits and entrances, and the whole of the business, as performed at the St. James's Theatre; with
  Folger note reads: "Printed from the acting copy, with description of the costume, cast of the characters, exits and entrances, and the whole of the business."
• The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakspeare, with Notes, Original and Selected, and Introductory Remarks to Each Play, by Samuel Weller Singer, F.S.A., and a Life of the Poet by Charles Symmons.
  Engraved portrait of Shakespeare signed: Design’d by Harvey; Eng’d by Prud’homme. Other engraved plates by A. Dick after illustrations of scenes from Shakespeare by Branche, Revd. W. Peters, Westall, Northcote, Mortimer, M. Retzsch, Harlow, Tresham, and Hopner. (Note from Folger record)
• New particulars regarding the works of Shakespeare, in a letter to the Rev. A. Dyce.
  The documents cited "are mainly spurious." - Dict. nat. biog. Privately printed, "limited to a small number of copies."
• New facts regarding the life of Shakespeare : In a letter to Thomas Amyot, esq., F.R.S., treasurer of the Society of antiquaries, from J. Payne Collier, F.S.A.
  "The documents on which they were founded are mainly spurious."--Dict. nat. biog.Folger notes: Privately printed, "only a small number of copies" ; 25 copies were also printed on large paper.
• The confessions of William Shakespeare.
  Folger gives author as John Forster. Approximate date. A series of seven articles from the New monthly magazine, vols. XLIII-XLV.
• Bloemlezing uit de dramatische werken van William Shakspeare; in nederduitsche dichtmaat overgebracht door Mr. L. Ph. C. van der Bergh.
  Portrait of Shakespeare on titlepage.
• Lectures on the drama ... first series. - Shakespeare.
  Binding: grey marbled boards with black taped spine.
• Shakspeare’s Seven Ages of Man; or, The Progress of Human Life, Illustrated by Prose and Verse from the Works of the Most Emkinent Writers; with a Brief Memoir of Shakspeare and His Writings.
  First edition printed in 1818. Illustrated bust of Shakespeare on title page.
• The Dramatic Souvenir : Being Literary and Graphical Illustrations of Shakespeare and Other Celebrated English Dramatists : Embellished with Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings on Wood by Eminent Artists.
  Illustrated by Harvey, Del? (Branston & Wright, Sc.). Folger notes: Previously published in 1831 under title: Literary and graphical illustrations.
• A letter on Shakespeare's authorship of The two noble kinsmen; a drama commonly ascribed to John Fletcher.
  Bound in half calf over marbled boards with matching endpapers and pastedowns and with gilt edges.
• Othello... genuine original ed.
  At head of title: Ruhl's outlines to shakspeare. Illustrated.
• Illustrations of Aristotle on Men and Manners from the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare; by J. Esmond Riddle.
  Quotations from Aristotle in Original Greek. Excerpts from plays arranged under headings in the style of a commonplace book.
• Vortigern; an historical play; with an original preface. By W. H. Ireland. Represented at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Saturday, April 2, 1796, as a supposed newly-discovered drama of Shakespeare.
  Contains foldout facsimile letter at front.
• King Lear : nineteen plates drawn and engraved / by Frank Howard.
  This is likely a part of Howard's The Spirit of the Plays of Shakespeare. London: Caddell, 1833.
• Quellen des Shakspeare in novellen, märchen und sagen, hrsg. von dr. Theodor Echtermeyer, Ludwig Henschel und Karl Simrock.
  A later edition in 1870 appeared under Simrock's name alone.
• Giulietta e Romeo : novella storica / di Luigi da Porto di Vicenza ; edizione XVII, colle varianti fra le due primitive stampe venete ; aggiuntavi la novella di Matico Bandelle su lo stesso argomento, il poemetto di Clizia veronese, ed altre antiche poesi
  Illustrated with plates and table and contains several foldouts. Folger notes: Originally published, anonymously and without date (probably in 1530) under title: Hystoria nouellamente ritrouata di due nobili amanti ... Stampato in ... Venetia, per B. de Bendoni. cf. Passano, Novelliere italiani in prosa, 2. ed., pte. 1, p. 516-517.