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The whole contention (1619) ... The third quarto, 1619. (QI having been revized by Shakspere, Marlowe, and Greene into "The second part of Henry the Sixt.") A facsimile, by photolithography (from the British Museum copy, C.34, k.38)

Title: The whole contention (1619) ... The third quarto, 1619. (QI having been revized by Shakspere, Marlowe, and Greene into "The second part of Henry the Sixt.") A facsimile, by photolithography (from the British Museum copy, C.34, k.38), by Charles Praetorius. With forewords by Frederick J. Furnivall ...
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Publication: London, C. Praetorius, 1886.

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2 v.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Shakspere-quarto facsimiles, no. 23-24
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Selections. 1880 ; no. 23-24.

Note

Collation: pt. I: xii, 64 p.; pt. II: viii, 64 p.
The original was issued in one volume with title (here reproduced): The / Whole Contention / between the two Famous / Houses, Lancaster and / Yorke. With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke / Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, / and King Henrie the / sixt. Diuided into two Parts: And newly corrected and / enlarged. Written by William Shake- / speare, Gent. / [Printer's device] Printed at London, for T. P. [i.e. Thomas Pavier].
The printer's device is one used by William Jaggard, printer for the first folio Shakespeare.
The 2 parts had first appeared separately (and anonymously) in 1594 and 1595, under titles "The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster," and "The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke ..."
They form the basis of Shakespeare's Henry VI, pt. 2 and 3. The authorship and their relation to his version are much disputed. For discussion see the prefaces to the reprints of the first quartos, no. 37-38 in the same series.

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Bartlett: Mr. William Shakespeare

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*KC 1619 (Shakespeare, W. Whole contention (1619))

LCCN

01013270

OCLC

26105691

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Title

The whole contention (1619) ... The third quarto, 1619. (QI having been revized by Shakspere, Marlowe, and Greene into "The second part of Henry the Sixt.") A facsimile, by photolithography (from the British Museum copy, C.34, k.38), by Charles Praetorius. With forewords by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

Imprint

London, C. Praetorius, 1886.

Series

Shakspere-quarto facsimiles, no. 23-24

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Selections. 1880 ; no. 23-24.

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STC 26101

Bartlett: Mr. William Shakespeare, 255 & 118

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Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.

Praetorius, Charles.

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*KC 1619 (Shakespeare, W. Whole contention (1619))

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