SC #: 1399

Location: National Trust, Petworth

Shelfmark: PET

Copy-specific notes: In a volume containing 9 plays: 1) James Shirley, Changes, or Love in a Maze (1632); 2) James Shirley, The Bird in a Cage (1633); 3) Two Noble Kinsmen (1634); 4) Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1635); 5) John Fletcher, The Elder Brother (1637); 6) James Shirley, The Example (1637); 7) Romeo and Juliet; 8) James Shirley, The Royal Master (1638); 9) James Shirley, The Duke’s Mistress (1638).

Provenance: Egremont, Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl (1710-1763); Northumberland, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl (1602-1668)

Provenance notes: Probably acquired in the 17th century by Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland; bound around 1750 by the Earl of Egremont; and embossed with the Percy arms in the 19th century. Entered National Trust in 1947 as payment in lieu of inheritance tax.

Marginalia: On front pastedown: "18 / 4"; on front flyleaf: "H. 5. 8" and "I 7.8" (deleted); MS table of contents on verso of front flyleaf.

Binding: Gilt centrepiece on both covers: crescent moon, surrounded by garter motto with earl's coronet on top. Sprinkled calf, red sprinkled edges, double gilt fillet frame, gilt centrepieces (boxed).

Bookplate: Earl of Egremont

Bookplate location: Front pastedown

Bartlett 1939 #: 1158

Bartlett 1939 notes: PETWORTH. 7 1/8 x 5¼". Acquired c. 1640. Some leaves uncut at bottom. Bound in sprinkled calf, with Northumberland arms on sides, with other Shakespeare plays.