Copy Details for King Lear (1655)

SC #: 531

Location: National Library of Scotland

Shelfmark: Bute.489

Provenance: Bute, Earls and Marquesses of (Crichton-Stuart family); Forster, Richard (18th c); Stace, Machell (1764-1842)

Marginalia: Title page bottom left in black ink: "Perfekt"; bottom right: "Third edition"

Bartlett 1939 #: 544

Bartlett 1939 notes: CRICHTON STUART. 7¼ x 5¼". A2 has small hole. Note on front fly-leaf "This is the fourth Edition not the third. J.G.," book-plate of 3rd Marquis Bute. The Forster (November 24, 1806, n. 2145, 8s. 6d. to Stace for), 1st Marquis Bute copy. Bound in half green morocco, some leaves uncut at bottom.

Bartlett 1916 #: 363

Bartlett 1916 notes: CRICHTON STUART.