Copy Details for Richard II (1598)

SC #: 1210

Location: McGill University

Shelfmark: PR2750 A20 1598

Copy-specific notes: Rebound and restored; the original gathering A (p. 1-8, including the t.p.) has been replaced by a facsimile reprint published London: Bernard Quaritch, 1916; trimmed, affecting printed marginalia.

Provenance: Robson, John (1824-1892); Simpson, Thomas

Marginalia: Early (contemporary?) ms. annotations on leaves B1r and H1r; first eight lines of verse on I4v copied in ms. on facing page (printer's blank), followed by pen trials in ink, beginning with: Thomas Simpson His Book ..., and with juvenile drawings on final three blank pages.

Bartlett 1939 #: 976

Bartlett 1939 notes: McGILL UNIVERSITY. 6 5/8 x 4 11/16". A1-A4 lacking; cropped, injuring some catchwords. The John Robson (bequeathed before 1916) copy. Bound with other plays but broken out of binding.