Prices of Books Part 24

B. Worsley (1678), 16s. Digby (1680), 14s. Richard Wright, M.D.

(1787), ?2, 9s. and ?1, 6s. Allen (1795), ?4, 4s. Stanley (1813), ?13, 2s. 6d. Heber, Part 1, ?10, 5s.; Part 4, wanting verses opposite t.i.tle-page, and last leaf inlaid, ?3, 7s. Valpy (1832), ?18; resold to Broadley (1832), ?12, 5s. Stowe (1849), ?11, 5s.

_Copies Sold within the Last Twenty-five Years_:--

H. Perkins (1873), ?44 (fine copy). Well-known collector (Sotheby?s), 1880, ?12, 15s. (verses from fourth edition printed, part of t.i.tle in facsimile reprint). Ouvry (1882), ?46.

Beresford-Hope (1882), ?35, 10s. (t.i.tle mended).

Standard English Works (Puttick?s), 1886, ?19. F. Perkins (1889), large copy, but worm-hole through half the volume, ?47. W. H.

Crawford (1891), wanting verses, ?19, 10s. Smithson and others, 1896 (Puttick?s), ?18, 5s. (verses and several pages wanting, and a few worm-holes). Jack, Halliday, &c. (Sotheby, July 1897), ?55 (fine copy, portrait and verses mended).

Sir Henry Irving gave ?100 for Dr. Johnson?s copy of the second folio, which contains many notes in the margin by Theobald and Johnson. Osborn the bookseller bought it at Theobald?s death and presented it to Johnson. Samuel Ireland gave ?1 for it at Johnson?s sale in 1785. It wants t.i.tle and part of another leaf.[59]

THIRD FOLIO, 1664 (some copies dated 1663).

This edition is scarcer than the second, owing to the copies having been destroyed in the Fire of London. The t.i.tle-page of 1663 has the portrait, and that of 1664 is without it. Mr. Thorpe, in one of his catalogues, said that he had ?refused ?10 for the t.i.tle of 1663.? Mr.

Quaritch gave ?11 for one in 1895 at Sotheby?s.

The following is a list of the prices that some copies have realised:--

B. Worsley (1678), ?1, 8s. 6d. Smallwood (1684), 15s. 6d. Richard Wright, M.D. (1787), ?1, 1s. Allen (1795), ?6, 6s. Steevens (1800), ?8, 8s. Roxburghe (1812), ?35. Stanley (1813), ?16, 16s. Broadley (1832), ?11, 5s. William Combes (1837), ?5, 7s. 6d. (some leaves inlaid). Stowe (Duke of Buckingham), 1849, ?35 (margin of portrait mended, t.i.tle lined). Lord Stuart de Rothesay, ?50 (tall copy, with duplicate t.i.tles). Miss Currer (1862), ?43, 10s. (original calf).

Addington, ?130 (large and fine copy). S. Daniel (1864), ?46. H.

Perkins (1873), ?105 (1/8-inch taller than Daniel?s copy).

Beresford-Hope (1882), ?72, 10s. (portrait and t.i.tle inlaid). Ouvry (1882), ?116. Earl of Aylesford (1888), ?93 (13-1/2 in. by 8 in.).

F. Perkins (1889), ?100. Halliwell Phillipps (1889), ?24 (t.i.tle mounted, portrait, verses, and last leaf mounted). Brayton Ives (1891), 950 dollars (?190), portrait from fourth edition. Hawley (1894), ?205. Hildyard, 1895 (with two t.i.tle-pages), ?280. Misc.

Coll. (Sotheby?s), 1895, original calf, ?350.

FOURTH FOLIO, 1685.

Dibdin says of this that it ?has little to recommend it, either on the score of rarity or intrinsic worth.? Even now the prices are not very high, and it is only required to complete the set of folios.

The following are some of the prices that this volume has realised:--

Richard Wright, M.D. (1787), ?1, 1s. Steevens (1800), ?2, 12s. 6d.

Roxburghe (1812), ?6, 6s. Broadley (1832), ?2, 2s. William Combes (1837), ?2, 5s. Stowe (Duke of Buckingham), 1849, ?4, 6s. Daniel (1864), ?21, 10s. H. Perkins (1873), ?22. Beresford-Hope (1882), ?24. Ouvry (1882), ?28. Choice library of a gentleman (1882), ?17, 10s. Chevalier de Chatelain (1882), ?7, 5s. (imperfections supplied in MS.). Addington (1886), ?23 10s. (good tall copy). Old Ess.e.x library (Lord Petre), 1886, ?31, 10s. (old calf). Earl of Aylesford (1888), ?29 (14-1/4 in. by 9-1/4 in.). F. Perkins (1889), ?14 (portrait and last two leaves slightly repaired). Halliwell Phillipps (1889), ?30 (perfect copy, in original calf). Brayton Ives (1891), New York, 210 dollars (?42). Early English Poetry (Sotheby, 1892), ?31. Birket Foster (1894), ?25. Alfred Crampton (1896), ?42 (14-3/8 in. by 9-1/8 in.).

SEPARATE PLAYS.

_All?s Well that Ends Well_, _Antony and Cleopatra_, _As You Like It_, _Comedy of Errors_, _Coriola.n.u.s_, _Cymbeline_, first editions in first folio.

_Hamlet_ (Printed for N. L. and John Trundell), 1603, two copies known.

(1) Duke of Devons.h.i.+re, purchased of Payne and Foss, 1825 (in vol. containing twelve early editions of this play), for ?250 (wanting last leaf).

(2) British Museum, wanting t.i.tle-page. Bought by Mr. Rooney of Dublin in 1856 for small sum, sold to Boone for ?70, purchased of them by Halliwell Phillipps for ?120. It was sold subsequently to the British Museum.

---- (L. R. for N. L.) 1604.

(1) Duke of Devons.h.i.+re. (2) Earl Howe. (3) H. Huth.

_Henry IV._, Part 1 (P. S. for Andrew Wise), 1598.

---- (S. S. for Andrew Wise), 1599.

Steevens, ?3, 10s. Roxburghe, ?6, 6s. White Knights, ?18, 7s.

6d. Utterson, ?14. Halliwell (May 1857), ?75. G. Daniel (1864), ?115, 10s.

_Henry IV._, Part 2 (V. S. for A. Wise and W. Apsley), 1600.

Steevens, two copies (Dibdin, ?Library Companion,? 805), ?3, 13s., ?2, 15s. Smyth (1797), ?8, 8s. Roxburghe, ?2. 4s. Heber (Part 2), ?40. Utterson (1852), ?17, 10s. Halliwell Phillipps, ?100--sold to Mr. Huth. F. Perkins, 1889 (Heber?s copy), ?225.

_Henry V._, ?Chronicle History? (Thomas Creede for T. Millington & J. Burby), 1600.

Steevens (inlaid), ?27, 6s. Kemble, resold (Sotheby, April 1821), ?18, 7s. 6d. Heber (Part 2), ?24, 3s.--bought by Mr.

Daniel. Bought at Daniel?s sale (1864) for 220 guineas by Lilly. (Fine copy.)

_Henry VI._, Parts 1 and 2, first editions in folio. Part 3 (?The true Tragedie of Richard, Duke of York?), P.S. for T.

Millington, 1595.

Chalmers (Part 1), ?131.

---- (W. W. for T. Millington), 1600.

Steevens, ?1, 16s. Rhodes, ?5, 7s. 6d. (one leaf MS.). Jolley, ?10, 10s. Halliwell (1857), ?60.

_Henry VIII._, _Julius C?sar_, _King John_, first editions in folio.

_True Chronicle Historie of King Lear_ (Nathaniel b.u.t.ter, St.

Paul?s Churchyard), 1608.

Steevens, ?28. Dent, ?14, 5s. Strettell, ?15. Edwards (1804), ?15, 4s. 6d. Heber (Part 2), ?32. Halliwell (1856), ?22, 10s.--bought for Mr. Huth. Birket Foster (1894), ?100.

There were second and third editions published in the same year with b.u.t.ter?s name, but without place.

_Love?s Labour Lost_ (W. W. for Cuthbert Burby), 1598.

Dent, ?26. Bindley, ?40, 10s. Rhodes, ?53, 11s. Heber (Part 2), ?40 (Bindley?s copy); came into the possession of George Daniel, who valued it at ?200. It sold for 330 guineas at Daniel?s sale. F. Perkins (1859), ?70 (headlines cut into, and last leaf mended). Thomas Gaisford (1890), ?140.

_Macbeth_, _Measure for Measure_, first editions in folio.

_Merchant of Venice_ (J. Roberts), 1600.

Steevens, ?2, 2s., ?2 (two copies, both inlaid). Roxburghe, ?2, 14s.; resold to Jadis, ?6, 6s.; resold to Holland (1860), ?15.

Heber (Part 2), ?12. Jolley, ?14. Utterson (1852), ?16.

Halliwell (1859), ?21. F. Perkins (1889), ?121. W. H. Crawford (1891), ?111. Sir Cecil Domville, 1897, (fine copy), ?315.

---- (J. R. for Thomas Heyes), 1600.