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- Alternative Title
- Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the try Originall Copies. The Second Impression.
- Subject
- Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
- Creator
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Contributor
- Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Milton, John, 1608-1674, and Cotes, Thomas, -1641
- Publisher
- London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1632
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 volume (419 pages)
- Edition
- Second edition and Second impression
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.Contemporary clippings describing auctions selling the first Shakespeare folio among other details and a card with "Shakespeare The Rare Second Folio, 1632"...
- Physical Repository
- British Columbia. Legislative Library
- Collection
- Early Printed Books
- Provenance
- From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
- Date Digitized
- 2017-02-27/2017-03-13
- Transcript
- Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number):_005 title page with portrait_006 dedication_007 To The Great Variety of Readers_014 Contents / Tempest (1)_024 Two Gentlemen of Verona (20)_033 Merry Wives of Windsor (39) _044 Measure for Measure (61)_056...
- Technical Note
- Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 27 Feb - 13 Mar. 600 dpi TIFFS. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.69 (adjusted to 12.95) @ 450 camera height. Cropped to 12x...
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- Alternative Title
- The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and...
- Subject
- History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
- Creator
- Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Stow, John, 1525?-1605
- Contributor
- Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Bourne, Nicholas, -1660
- Publisher
- London : Printed by Elizabeth Purslowe, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1633.
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1633
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
- Extent
- 8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
- Edition
- [Fourth]
- Geographic Coverage
- England--London
- Coordinates
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Chronological Coverage
- 16xx/17xx
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear continuous despite pagination; Variant of title page...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Early Printed Books Collection
- Provenance
- Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books
- Is Referenced By
- Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
- Date Digitized
- 2013-05-03/2013-05-14
- Technical Note
- 600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Milton's paradise lost
- Subject
- Paradise lost (Milton, John), Iambic pentameter, Theology, Poetry, Blank verse, Christian fiction, Christianity, History of Biblical events, Eden, Religion, Adam (Biblical figure), Eve (Biblical figure), Fall of man, and Bible. Genesis
- Creator
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- Contributor
- Simmons, Samuel, 1640-1687
- Publisher
- London : Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1669
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: PR3560 1669
- Extent
- 356 pages ; 19 x 13.5 cm
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Bound in brown leather with marbled boards; spine is ruled and lettered in gilt., Has bookplate: Henry Frederick Smith, Darlington., Has inscriptions: Presented by Henry Frederick Smith, Darlington, to his valued friend Thomas Thompson, 1822 ; F.P. Thompson with her...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Early Printed Books
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- signatures (names), manicules, poetry, inscriptions, books, epic poems, bookplates, and marginalia (annotations)
- Date Digitized
- 2025-07
- Technical Note
- Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/15; 295;bent5; camera height 600) 600 DPI TIFF by PD. Metadata by LD and KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz. Peicles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir...
- Subject
- Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
- Creator
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Contributor
- Milton, John, 1608-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630, and Condell, Henry, -1627
- Publisher
- London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden 1685.
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1685
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 volume (303 pages)
- Edition
- The Fourth Edition
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Contemporary clippings about the Second and Fourth folios attached to the inside front cover.Handwritten note attached to inside cover: Bequeathed to Charles Baron Clarke M.A. of Queen's College Cambridge by His affectionate Uncle Thomas Parker Esq of Sutton Scotney...
- Physical Repository
- British Columbia. Legislative Library
- Collection
- Early Printed Books
- Provenance
- From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
- Date Digitized
- 2017-03-14/2017-03-27
- Transcript
- Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number): _007 frontspiece and title page_008 dedication_009 To The Great Variety of Readers_012 Tempest (1)_021 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18)_029 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _039 Measure for Measure (55)_050 Comedy of...
- Technical Note
- Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 14 Mar - 27 Mar. 600 dpi TIFF. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to 12.95 x 9.25" -- built...
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- Subject
- Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
- Creator
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1685
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 1 volume (approximately 288 pages)
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- This copy contains a list of the principal actors in all the plays and a catalogue of all the comedies, histories, and tragedies contained within this folio.
- Physical Repository
- British Columbia. Legislative Library
- Collection
- Early Printed Books
- Provenance
- From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
- Date Digitized
- 2017-03-28/2017-04-12
- Transcript
- Contents: [_file page number] _007 Tempest (1) _016 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18) _024 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _034 Measure for Measure (55) _045 Comedy of Errors (76) _052 Much Ado About Nothing (90) _062 Love's Labour Lost (110) _071 Midsummers Nights Dream...
- Technical Note
- Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 28 Mar - 12 Apr. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 600 dpi TIFF. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to 12.95 x 9.25" -- built...
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- Alternative Title
- Verses on the death of Dr. Swift.
- Subject
- Politics and government and Parody
- Creator
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
- Publisher
- London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick Lane, and fold by the Bookfellers, 1733
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1733
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: PR1171 Z5 1733
- Extent
- 19 pages ; 34 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- Great Britain
- Coordinates
- 54.75844, -2.69531
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Dedication to Pope, signed: L.M.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- From the Print Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- pamphlets and poems
- Date Digitized
- 2021-09-16
- Technical Note
- Scanned on OptickBook Plustek A300 at 600DPI Tiff (PD). Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- The Beasts' Confession and The Beasts Confession to the Priest, on observing how most men mistake their own talents. Written in the Year 1732.
- Subject
- Politics and government and Parody
- Creator
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
- Publisher
- Dublin : Printed by George Faulkner, MDCCXXXVIII
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1738
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: PR3724 B4 1738
- Extent
- 22 pages
- Geographic Coverage
- Great Britain
- Coordinates
- 54.75844, -2.69531
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- From the Print Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- pamphlets and poems
- Date Digitized
- 2021-09-16
- Technical Note
- Scanned on OptickBook Plustek A300 at 600DPI Tiff (PD). Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Essays
- Subject
- Smallpox, Vaccines, Medicine, Smallpox--Treatment, Smallpox vaccine, Inquiry into the causes and effects of variolae vaccinae (Jenner, Edward), Smallpox--Vaccination, Smallpox--Epidemiology, Vaccinia, and Vaccination
- Creator
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
- Contributor
- Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882, Murray and Highley, Rogers, Patrick Kerr, 1776-1828, Pearce, Edward, active approximately 1798, Law, Charles, 1763 or 1764-1827, Gale, A. D., Skelton, William, 1763-1848, and Low, Sampson, -1800
- Publisher
- London England : printed, for the author, by Sampson Low, No. 7, Berwick Street, Soho: and sold by Law, Ave-Maria Lane; and Murray and Highley, Fleet Street
- Language
- eng
- Date created
- 1800
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Special Collections Call Number: RA644.S6 J46 1800
- Extent
- 182 pages ; 28 x 23 cm
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Geographic Coverage
- England--Gloucestershire
- Coordinates
- 51.83333, -2.16667
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Library copy includes inked and initialed correction by the author ('Advertisement', leaf K2*), as well as marginal highlighting (by its location, possibly by former owner, Dr. P.K. Rogers) in various places., Original grey paper boards; quarter-bound with cream...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Early Printed Books
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- illustrated books, illustrations (layout features), initials (abbreviations), essays, inscriptions, errata (document genre), books, scientific illustrations (images), early works, and bookplates
- Date Digitized
- 2024-08
- Technical Note
- Scanned on Betterlight/TII at 600 DPI Tiff by LG. Metadata by KD and Karen Nelson. RBMS CVRMC used in keyword field