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  • Shakespeare's Second folio, 1632

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    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:
    Milton, John, 1608-1674, Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, 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.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1632
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (419 pages)
    Edition:
    Second impression and Second edition
    Geographic Coverage:
    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 "...
    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 Measur...
    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 camer...

  • 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 benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse

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    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 benef...
    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.
    Location:
    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 cont...
    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.
    Year:
    1633

  • Clavis Bibliorum : the key of the Bible, unlocking the richest treasury of the Holy Scriptures ... : wherein the Scripture-songs dispersed here and there in the Old and New Testament, are metrically translated out of the Hebrew ... : whereunto are added the metrical version of the whole book of Hymns or Praises, viz. the Book of Psalmes

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    Book of hymnes or praises, viz, the Book of Psalms, Bible. Psalms. English. Roberts. 1675, and Key of the Bible
    Subject:
    Sacred vocal music, Sacred vocal music--Scores, Psalms (Music), Bible, and Bible. Psalms
    Creator:
    Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675
    Publisher:
    Printed by J.R. for Peter Parker
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1675
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BS490 R64 1675
    Extent:
    1 book (631 pages) ; 31 cm
    Edition:
    4th ed.
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    scores (documents for music), books, music books, and bound sheet music
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-30
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner. Scanning, editing performed by CDeWolfe. No colour correction; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, 1685 [Copy 01]

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    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 Jo...
    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.
    Location:
    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
    Geographic Coverage:
    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 aff...
    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 Me...
    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 ...

  • Shakespeare's Fourth folio, 1685 [Copy 02]

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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
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 288 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    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 ...
    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 ...

  • Orpheus Britannicus : a collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices

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    Vocal music. Selections and Collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices
    Subject:
    Scores, Vocal music, and Vocal music--Scores
    Creator:
    Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
    Publisher:
    Printed by W. Pearson for Henry Playford, at his shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-Street
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1698 to 1702
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: M1497 P9 O7 1698
    Extent:
    1 score (2 volumes)
    Geographic Coverage:
    England
    Coordinates:
    54, -2
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    scores (documents for music), books, music books, and bound sheet music
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-17
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Essays upon several moral subjects : in two parts

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    Subject:
    Ethics and Conduct of life
    Creator:
    Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Printed for Richard Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, M DCC III
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1703
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BJ1561 C5 1703
    Extent:
    1 book (2 volumes) ; 20 cm
    Edition:
    5th ed.
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-22
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Copy of original Grant from Corporation of Preston

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    Subject:
    Abbatt, Robert, Business enterprises, Dilworth, Mary, 1828-1901, Abbatt, Jonathan, 1829-1905, Business, and Deeds
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Abbatt, Robert and Kellet, Thomas
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1729 to 1750
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (23 pages) ; 33 x 35.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--Garstang, England--Lancashire, England--Ribchester, and England--Preston (Lancashire)
    Coordinates:
    53.83333, -2.5 and 53.81361, -2.53244
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Abbatt Family Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    legal documents, copies (documents), indentures, business records, contracts, books, and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2011-039, File: OS
    Fonds Title:
    Abbatt family fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC463
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/abbatt-family-fonds
    Date Digitized:
    2021-02-22
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on TTI/Betterlight (600DPI; 1/15; 256; bent5 tone; camera height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Alexanders feast ; or, The power of musick : an ode, wrote in honour of St. Cecilia, by Mr. Dryden ; set to musick by Mr. Handel : with the recitativo's, songs, symphonys and chorus's for voice & instruments ; together with the cantata, duet, and songs, as perform'd at the Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden

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    Alternative Title:
    Power of musick and Alexander's feast
    Subject:
    Cantatas, Secular--Scores, Musical settings, and Saint Cecilia's Day
    Creator:
    Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
    Contributor:
    Dryden, John, 1631-1700
    Publisher:
    Publish'd by the author ; London. Printed for & sold by I. Walsh
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    approximately 1738
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: M1530 H35A54 1743
    Extent:
    1 score (6 unnumbered pages, 193 pages) ; 35 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Page 167 missing. List of subscribers on pages 5-6.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    scores (documents for music), books, music books, and bound sheet music
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-21
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner; Metadata by M. Gaudet and MT.

  • Observations on the florid song, or, Sentiments on the ancient and modern singers. Written in Italian by Pier. Francesco Tosi ... Translated into English by Mr. Galliard ... To which are added, explanatory annotations, and examples in musick

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    Alternative Title:
    Sentiments on the ancient and modern singers and Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni. English.
    Subject:
    Performance practice (Music) and Singing
    Creator:
    Tosi, Pier Francesco, approximately 1653-1732
    Contributor:
    Galliard, John Ernest, -1747
    Publisher:
    Printed for J. Wilcox, at Virgil's Head, in the Strand
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1742
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: MT820 T7313 1742
    Extent:
    1 score (xviii, 2 unnumbered pages, 184 pages, 6 folded plates of music) ; 17 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    scores (documents for music), books, music books, and bound sheet music
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-01
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner; Metadata by M. Gaudet and MT.