Crowdsourcing the Reconstruction of a 17th-Century Englishwoman's Library
B.J. The tragical history, admirable atchievments and various events of Guy Earl of Warwick : a tragedy acted very frequently with great applause by his late Majesties servants (London : Printed for Thomas Vere and William Gilbertson without Newgate, 1661)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 281. ESTC R15562.
Unlocated.
Greene, Robert. A qvip for an vpstart courtier ([London: s.n.], [1592. 1606, 1620, 1622, or 1635])
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 279. ESTC S125236, S105867, S105865, S92753, S105806, S103428, S105807, or S103430.
Unlocated. Sotheby’s entry for this title states “portions of two editions in black letter.” It is unclear whether this refers to a single made-up copy or two imperfect copies.
Greene, Robert. Greenes Arcadia,or, Menaphon ([Printed by W. Stansby for John Smethwicke], [1610 or 1616])
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 278. ESTC S103412 or S105989.
Unlocated. Lacking title page and A2, so these leaves may be in facsimile if present.
Gascoigne, George. The steele glas: a satyre … [t]ogither with The complainte of Phylomene: an elegie deuised by the same author (London : Printed [by Henrie Binneman] for Richard Smith, [1576])
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 276. ESTC S102876.
Unlocated. In Wolfreston’s copy, “The Complaint [is] damaged and imperfect.”
Gascoigne, George. The whole woorkes of George Gascoigne Esquyre: newlye compyled into one volume, that is to say: his flowers, hearbes, weedes, the fruites of warre, the comedie called Supposes, the tragedie of Iocasta, the Steele glasse, the complaint of Phylomene, the storie of Ferdinando Ieronimi, and the pleasure at Kenelworth Castle (London : Imprinted by Abell Ieffes [for R. Smith], dwelling at the Fore Streéte, without Creéplegate, neere vnto Grubstréete, 1587)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 274. ESTC S105705.
Unlocated. Wolfreston’s copy was said to be a poor one, wanting the title page and “2 leaves of Epistle to the Reverend Divines.”
Frances Wolfreston Hor Bouks 