Crowdsourcing the Reconstruction of a 17th-Century Englishwoman's Library
Shirley, James. The gratefull servant : a comedie, as it was lately presented with good applause in the private House in Drury-Lane, by her Majesties Servants (London : Printed by I. Okes for William Leake, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery-lane neere the Roules, 1637)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 362. ESTC S117337.
Huntington Library STC 22445. Located by Paul Morgan.
The famous victories of Henry the fifth : containing the honourable Battell of Agincourt : as it was acted by the Kinges Maiesties seruants (London : Imprinted by Barnard Alsop, dwelling in Garter place in Barbican, 1617)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 359. ESTC S4698.
British Library C.34.l.10. Located by Paul Morgan.
Shakespeare, William. The tragoedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice : as it hath beene divers times acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers, by his Majesties Servants (London : Printed for William Leak at the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates, 1655)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 357. ESTC R17082.
Penn Libraries, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Furness EC Sh155.622oc. Located by Paul Morgan. An image of the book may be seen here.
Shakespeare, William. M. William Shake-speare, his true chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters : with the unfortunat life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester, and his sullen assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam. As it was plaid before the Kings Maiesty at Whit-Hall, upon S. Stephens night, in Christmas hollldaies [sic] : by his Maiesties Servants, playing vsually at the Globe on the Bank-side (London : Printed by Jane Bell, and are to be sold at the east-end of Christ-Church, 1655)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 356. ESTC R17679.
British Library C.34.k.54. Located by Paul Morgan.
Shakespeare, William. The life and death of King Richard the second, with new additions of the Parliament scene, and the deposing of King Richard : as it hath beene acted by the Kings Majesties servants, at the Globe (London : Printed by Iohn Norton, 1634)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 353. ESTC S111142.
University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center PFORZ 896 PFZ. Located by Paul Morgan. Images of the book may be seen here.
Frances Wolfreston Hor Bouks 