Copies
Page 11 of the Hull University copy, featuring marginal annotations made by
the twentieth-century editor George Thorn-Drury (1860–1931). Photograph
captured by Richard G. Lamin, with kind permission from Hull University.
The front free flyleaf of the Folger 3 copy of
English Treasury of Wit
and Language, formerly owned by Isaac D’Israeli (1766–1848).
Photograph by Abbie Weinberg. Reproduction courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare
Library.
Estill’s 2018 survey, published in Papers of the Bibliographical
Society of America, includes an appendix with copy-specific information
about annotations found within 33 copies of Cotgrave’s English
Treasury of Wit and Language. Following the publication of her article,
five previously uncatalogued copies of the book have come to light, two of
which feature significant annotations reproducing the source information from
William Oldys’s notes.
The following list presents notes for 38 copies of Cotgrave’s
English Treasury. Notably, it contains records for previously
unidentified copies held at Duke University, The Folger Shakespeare Library
(Folger 3), The Free Library of Philadelphia, Hull University, and Stanford
University.
Copies identified after the publication of Estill’s article are marked
with an asterisk (*).
LIST OF COPIES
Birmingham Shakespeare Library, Library of
Birmingham, S080
provenance:
-
Samuel Timmins (1826–1902)
- A tipped-in clipping reads: “BIRMINGHAM FREE LIBRARIES. |
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT. | Presented by Shakespeare Memorial
Library | Committee per S. Timmins Esq. | Date April 17
/ 89” [in print and manuscript].
- The date of the donation and original catalogue number
“100641” suggest that the copy arrived as a gift in
response to the fire on 11 January 1879.
condition:
- Rebacked on August 3, 1915, as indicated in a condition report
(“RBK” and “3.8.15”).
Boston Public Library, Rare Books and
Manuscripts, G. 3837.22
provenance:
- John Harward of Stourbridge (d. ?), sold on 9 December
1858 (Sotheby’s, lot 319) to John Russell Smith, Soho Square, London,
for £1 15s (Letters, Barton Collection, 7128/4).
-
Thomas Pennant Barton (1803–1869), purchased from
John Russell Smith.
- José Francisco Carret, Catalogue of the Miscellaneous
Portion of the Barton Collection (Boston: Boston Public Library,
1888), p. 125.
British Library 1, 1451.c49
provenance:
- William Oldys (1696–1761)
-
Edward Dalton (b. 1787), of Dunkirk House (bookplate),
obtained before 1841.
- The terminal annotation “pret o/t | Stroud | 1841”
follows Dalton’s practice of dating and noting the location where
he purchased or read a book (William Clark Library MS. 1950.015, fol.
54v ).
- William Harrison (1828–1879) described the copy
with “MS. notes in [Oldys’s] autograph” in A
Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Shakespeariana (London:
Thomas Richards, 1866), pp. 57–58.
- The copy was purchased from the books of Harrison at Sotheby’s
auction on 25 January 1881 (lot 818) by “Stetaler” (12s).
- Accessioned before “19 FE 81” (stamp date).
- P. R. Harris, “Identification of printed books acquired by
the British Museum, 1753–1836,” in Giles Mandelbrote and
Barry Taylor, eds, Libraries within the Library: The Origins of the
British Library’s Printed Collections (London: British
Library, 2009), pp. 387–423.
condition:
- Imperfect, wanting pp. 309–311.
- Annotated throughout, by William Oldys and others, with source
information.
British Library 2, E. 1464(1.)
provenance:
- George Thomason (c. 1602–1666), with a purchase
date in his handwriting on the title page.
- Accessioned in 1762 as a gift of John Stuart,
3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792)
- G. K. Fortescue, Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers,
and manuscripts relating to the civil war, the commonwealth, and
restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640–1661, 2 vols
(London: British Museum, 1908), p. 1:111.
condition:
- Dated “may ist” in George Thomason’s handwriting,
referring to his date of acquisition (digitized, EEBO, ).
- Bound sympathetically with a Thomason-style binding.
British Library 3, G 16385
provenance:
- Thomas Grenville (1755–1846)
- Accessioned by the British Museum, after Grenville’s death.
- John Thomas Payne and Henry Foss, eds., Bibliotheca
Grenvilliana; or Bibliographical Notices of Rare and Curious Books,
forming part of the library of the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, 2
vols (London: British Museum, 1842), p. 2:830.
condition:
- The copy is interleaved with additional extracts described in Wiggins,
British Drama.
Cambridge University, Trinity College, Wren
Library, (W) Capell X.2
provenance:
- “John Bicton his booke” on title page,
with “1668”.
- “John” is a speculative reconstruction; it could be
“Joshua.”
-
Edward Capell (1713–1781)
- W. W. Greg, Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell
to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge (Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 1903).
- Marcus Walsh, Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century
Literary Editing: The Beginnings of Interpretive Scholarship
(Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997).
condition:
- Greg writes that the “Shakespearian quotations have been marked
by Capell” (p. 26).
- Walsh adds that Capell has “marked the Shakespearean quotations
with a marginal ‘S’” (p. 186).
Cornell University, Kroch Library Rare Books
& Manuscripts, PN6080.C84
provenance:
- “Thomas Newberry | his book. Ano domni
1682” (inscription verso free flyleaf before t.p.; digitized )
- “R. R. Bucknoll” (inscription, p.
308)
- “Cornell University Library: Bought with the income of the Sage
Endowment Fund given in 1891 by Henry Williams Sage”
(bookplate).
Dartmouth College, Rauner Special Collections
Library, Rauner Hickmott 179
provenance:
- “Ex Libris Frank Fletcher Vita Sine Literis Mors
Est” (bookplate)
- This might be the copy listed as “266” in the sale of
Marshall C. Lefferts’s books (21 Apr. 1902),
described as “8vo, blue crushed levant morocco, panelled sides, gilt
edges, by Ramage” (p. 48), sold for $62.50 according to American
Book Prices Current (p. 8:116).
- A copy appears for sale with a similar description, bound by Ramage, in
Anderson Galleries, Catalogue of the Shakespeare Library Formed by an
English Collector (Sale Number 1334, 13 Feb. 1918), p. 59, lot
246.
- “DARTMOUNT | College Library | The Hickmott
Collection … This volume | was bequeathed to the College by |
Allerton Cushman Hickmott 1917” (bookplate; annotation
“Hickmott 179” on verso of t.p.).
* Duke University, Rubenstein Library,
PN6080.C6 1655 c.1
provenance:
- George Chalmers (1742–1825) (bookplate)
- Sylvain Van De Weyer (1802–1874) (bookplate),
sells to “Dobell” for “4 7 6” (Sotheby’s, 10
July 1916, p. 32, lot 364).
- P. M. Pittar, of 14 Cleveland Square (N.D.), sold at
Sotheby’s, 17 December 1919, no. 75, p. 12, described “old
calf gilt, from the Chalmers and Van de Weyer libraries, rare.”
- George D. Smith (1870–1920), in Selections
from the Arbury Library and Other Purchases in London and Paris of the Late
George D. Smith, Anderson Galleries, Sale Number 1580, 28–29
April 1921, 14, lot 79, “With bookplates of Geo. Chalmers and Sylvain
Van De Weyer.”
- Herschel V. Jones (1861–1928), “LATER
LIBRARY OF | HERSCHEL V. JONES” (book ticket), sold Anderson
Galleries Sale Number 1699, 23 January 1923, p. 22, lot 60, “Small
8vo, old calf (rubbed)”.
- George Arents, Jr. (1875–1960); bookplate, with
handwritten note indicating deaccessioning from the Arents Collection,
“Duplicate”, Acc. No. “3605,”
“Catalog No. 256” (print and manuscript).
Dulwich College Library, from the
Fellows’ Library
provenance:
- In the library since the 17th century (binding).
- W. K. Miller, Catalogue of the Library of Alleyn’s College of
God’s Gift at Dulwich (London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1880), p.
148.
Folger Shakespeare Library 1, C6368 [formerly
listed as copy 2, pre-December 2019]
provenance:
- J. Herbert Foster, of Providence, Rhode Island (d.
before 1922), sold Anderson Galleries, Sale Number 1643, 14 March 1922, p.
15, lot 45.
- Henry Clay Folger, Jr. (1857–1930), purchased by
Gabrielle Wells, bookseller, for £45, marked up from the auction bid,
£35 (provenance file “cs1054”; additional information in
“First Folio folder,” no. 21).
- The bookplate and binders’ ticket have been removed; black
morocco binding with stamping in gold; the spine reads “TREASURY | OF
WIT & | LANGUAGE | BY COTGRAVE | LONDON | 1665
[sic]”.
condition:
- Detailed annotations with references for 1,663 of 1,701 extracts of the
book, with 1,662 identified correctly (digitized samples: , ).
- Each reference appears with an act-scene number, in the format “1
Hen. 4. 1.2” (1.6), or with a signature reference, in the format
“The Bride H.3.” (1.1).
Folger Shakespeare Library 2, C6368 [formerly
listed as copy 1, shelf mark 267882]
provenance:
- “T. Holt White” (1724–1797)
(inscription, on front free flyleaf)
- Contains a clipping of a sale advertisement for lot “9449”
at “1l. 5s.”, described as “neat, very
scarce” (recto of leaf before t.p.).
- “Alg. Holt White, — 30th.
Jan.ry 1824” (inscription)
-
J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (1820–1889) (inscription
effaced) (also ancillary, “C+P. J. O. H-P.”)
- Ernest E. Baker, ed. A Calendar of Shakespearean Rarities
… preserved at Hollingsbury Copse, near Brighton,
2nd ed. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891), pp.
58–59 (item 160), described “Olive morocco, super extra,
blind and gold panelled sides after the antique, gilt leaves, by F.
Bedford”.
- Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930)
* Folger Shakespeare Library 3,
C6368
provenance:
-
Isaac D’Israeli (1766–1848), obtained before
1841, when mentioned in a footnote to Amenities of Literature, 3
vols (Edward Moxon, 1841):
- Cotgrave “neglected to furnish the names of the dramatic
writers from whom he drew the passages. Oldys, with singular diligence,
succeeded in recovering these numerous sources, which I transcribed
from his manuscript notes” (p. 3:42, footnote
“*”).
- Sold at auction following D’Israeli’s death to
“Bumstead” (Sotheby’s, 16 March 1849), “195
Cotgreave (Jo.) English Treasury of Wit and Language, MS notes by I.
D’Israeli”, price £1 11s 6d.
- Joseph Tasker (c. 1797–1861), and sold after his
death to “Smith” (Sotheby’s, 13 November 1862),
“2315 Cotgrave (J.) Another Copy, with the same notes”.
- George Smith Esq. of 21 Russell Square (d. 1878),
purchased by “Quaritch” at auction (10 July 1867,
Sotheby’s), where described 1703. … “Isaac
D’Israeli’s copy, with the authorities for the passages neatly
transcribed in his autograph from Oldys’s calf”.
- Charles V. Wheeler of Washington, D.C., sold among the
books of his collection at Walpole Galleries, on 29 July 1919, where
described “258. … 12mo, old calf. Very Scarce, containing many
extracts from Shakespeare and other noted writers. This copy has the author
and name of piece from which quotation has been made written in, and a
pencilled note on the fly-leaf states that it was Isaac Disraeli’s
copy who noted the authors and pieces from Douce’s copy which
contained Oldys’ mss. notes” (p. 28).
- Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930), obtained, through
an agent, who created a catalogue record for the copy, where it is
described “Isaac Disraeli’s copy, who has copied in from
Douce’s copy Oldys’ mss. notes. … 258 Walpole sale, July
29, 1919.”
condition:
- Annotated throughout, with source information based on the notes of
William Oldys and others.
- Pencil markings on the back pastedown, confirming the Tasker and Smith
sales (digitized
).
* Free Library of Philadelphia, William
McIntire Elkins Literary Collection, RBD ELKLIT C826E 1685
provenance:
- F. Dawson Brodie (bookplate); described in
American Book-Prices Current, as sold for $48.00 at an auction on
24 May 1916 (lot 71) (1916 vol.,181).
- Beverly Chew (1850–1924), sold at Anderson
Galleries, Sale Number 1890, 8–9 December 1924, p. 36, lot 89,
described “Small 8vo, crimson crushed levant morocco, richly gilt,
dentelle borders on sides, gilt edges, by Roger De Coverly. Title-page very
neatly extended on lower margin. Fine copy. With the F. [sic]
Dawson Brodie bookplate. There are several quotations from
Shakespeare.”
- William McIntire Elkins (1882–1947) (gift to
library)
condition:
- The book’s binding was done by the firm “R. de
Coverly” (1831–1914).
Harvard University, Houghton Library, HOU
14436.46.30
provenance:
- Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) (inscription on
t.p.)
- John Pearson (N.D.), sold by Sotheby’s, part 2,
28 January 1914, p. 26, lot 150, to “Hopkin” for
“£8 5s” (Book-Prices Current, Part II, 1914, p.
220).
- William Beattie (N.D.), described as
“‘Thos. Campbell’ written on the title ... from the
library of John Pearson” (Sotheby’s, 10 Nov. 1924, p. 24, no.
191).
- Top fore-edge corner of front free flyleaf, partially visible in
pencil, “ESF: $125.00”.
- Harvard College Library bookplate: “Given in memory of Lionel de
Jersey Harvard, class of 1915, killed in action, Boisleau-aux-Mont, France,
March 30, 1918” (HOLLIS).
-
- Entered the collection in 1926 (annotation beneath the donation
stamp, “April. 27. 1926”).
condition:
- Bound by Francis Bedford (1799–1883) (stamp, fore-edge corner;
top of leaf, front free flyleaf, “BOUND BY F. BEDFORD”).
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery,
Rare Books 120918
provenance:
- “Bridgewater Library,” of the Edgerton
Family (the “large” bookplate, dated
“1898”).
- Catalogue sticker “31 / B8” (fore-edge corner of the
reverse of the front board).
- Typed description as a paste-in on the reverse of the front board
“... 1665. Sm 8vo. morocco super extra, | gilt edges, 31. 15s. | This
rare volume is to the post-|Elizabethan Poets what Allot’s
‘Eng-|land Parnassus’ was to those of an | earlier date”
(“31” might mean “£3”).
condition:
- Backed late 19th century.
- The binding is “not characteristic of Bridgewater”
(e-mail from curator Stephen Tabor).
- Textblock reinforced with tissue.
- Thumbprint on sig. R2r (foot, fore-edge).
* Hull University, Brynmor Jones Library,
Rare Books, s PN 6081 C8
provenance:
-
George Thorn-Drury (1860–1931)
- At the Thorn-Drury sale at Sotheby’s, of 23 November 1931,
the copy was described as having “the source[s] of nearly all the
quotations written in by the late owner, title in facsimile, last two
leaves slightly defective and mended, a few headlines and numerals
shaved, and joints weak” (p. 199, no. 1674).
- Part of order “4940” from a Blackwell’s catalogue,
purchased for “7/10/--” with a 10% discount on 3 March 1932
(e-mail, curator Richard G. Lamin).
condition:
- This copy features extensive annotations throughout, which now can be
attributed to the twentieth-century editor.
- The title-page is in pen facsimile; significant repairs to X4.
Library of Congress, PN6080.C6
provenance:
- Annotated with the name “Atkins” on the
title page, dating back to the 17th century.
- The annotator changes “John” to “Johannes”
in the Latin spelling of the name.
- Accessioned between 1 December 1861 and 1 December 1862, as documented
in the Catalogue of Additions Made to the Library of Congress
(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862), p. 32.
condition:
- Estill has described this as a “washed copy” (“Urge
to Organize,” p. 72), based on the curator’s assessment
(e-mail).
- Rebound in modern buckram.
National Library of Scotland,
NG.1586.h.24
provenance:
- The Society of Writers to the Signet, founded in
1594.
- Catalogue of the Library of the Writers to His Majesty’s
Signet, 4 vols (Edinburgh, 1826–1833).
condition:
- Bound in leather by the Signet Library; gilt stamp on front board.
- With “contemporary Xs” throughout the text (p. 3:32)
(digitized, ).
Newberry Library, Case Y 006.19
provenance:
- “William his booke” (inscription,
ancillary free flyleaf)
- “G. Salln” (inscription, endpapers)
- “Iohn Berry” (17th or
18th century; inscription, p. 200)
- “John Bowles” (17th or
18th century; inscription, p. 76)
-
- “John Bowles” may be Rev. John Bowle (N.D.), whose
books were sold by B. White & Son on 19 Jan. 1790, and who compiled
a list of the authors of Englands Parnassus (digitized,
).
- Frederick William Cosens (1819–1889)
(bookplate)
- George Thorn-Drury (1860–1931), sold
Sotheby’s, 15 June 1931, p. 148, no. 1271.
condition:
- Imperfect, wanting pp. 303–306.
- There is an ink sketch of a face with many eyes and calculations on the
reverse of the top board.
- Pencil on recto of lower board, “12.25.18”, and “123
| 456 | 798” in a square formation.
New York Public Library, Arents
256
provenance:
- Henry B. H. Beaufoy, FRS (1786–1851)
(bookplate)
- Charles Whibley (1859–1930) (bookplate)
- George Arents, Jr. (1875–1960), Acc. No.
7004”, “Cat. No. 256” (print and
manuscript).
condition:
- Bound by Roger Payne (pencil note, front flyleaf).
- Corner pieces of two flowers struck through by an arrow with circles on
both sides.
Northwestern University, Charles Deering
McCormick Library of Special Collections, 808.8 C843
provenance:
-
William Twopeny Jr., of Woodstock Park, Sittingbourne
(1797–1873)
- At the posthumous sale of Twopeny’s books (Sotheby’s,
26 May 1902, lot 201), the item sold to “Pickering”
(“£12 10s”)
- Catalogue of a valuable Collection of Books, by or Relating to
Shakespeare, Sotheby’s, 25 May 1905, lot 4431 (same
description).
- An item of a similar description appears in Pickering & Chatto,
English Literature Noted Bibliographically and Biographically
(London, 1923), p. 68.
- “JUN 11 1931” (library stamp).
condition:
- Extensively annotated with source information from Oldys’s copy
now at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library 1, Douce
CC223
provenance:
- “Will.m Oldys, 1730” (title
page)
- The same inscription and date can be found on the title page of
Oldys’s copy of Englands Parnassus (London, 1600), now
Folger Shakespeare Library, STC 378 copy 1 ().
- Pasted on the reverse of the upper board is a printed clipping that
reads, “4819 Cotgrave’s English Treasury of Wit and Language
collected out of the most and best of our English Drammatick Poems, 2l 2s
8vo, 1655.”
- Francis Douce (1757–1834)
- In Douce’s possession from 1807.
- William Beloe writes in Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce
Books, 6 vols (F. C. & J. Rivington, 1807–1814),
“Of this book Mr. Douce possesses the copy which belonged to
Oldys; who was at the pains to trace each quotation to its original
author, and has inscribed the writer’s name beneath each
passage” (p. 1:246).
- First catalogued as part of Douce’s donation to the Bodleian
Library before 1840.
- Catalogue of the printed books and manuscripts bequeathed by
Francis Douce, Esq., to the Bodleian Library (Oxford: Oxford UP,
1840), p. 74.
condition:
- Annotated throughout, by William Oldys and others, with source
information.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library 2, 87P
19(1) Art. BS
provenance:
- Humphrey Moseley (d. 1661)
- Included in a sammelband along with two other books published by
Humphrey Moseley, which were roughly contemporaneous with its printing:
The Life of the Most Learned Father Paul, of the Order of the
Servie (H. Moseley, 1651) and The Secretary in Fashion, Or, an
Elegant and Compendious Way of Writing All Manner of Letters (H. Moseley, 1654).
- It is possible that the Bodleian Library received these three books,
each printed for Moseley, as part of their arrangement as a British deposit
library.
condition:
- Bound in the 17th century, with “Bibl. Bodl.
Oxon” written in ink on the recto of the first leaf of each
book.
- The current shelfmark is written on the fore-edge of the volume.
Princeton University, Rare Books and Special
Collections, 3577.239
provenance:
- A pencil notation on the back cover suggests that Princeton University
Libraries acquired the copy in 1964.
- A preliminary message on the leaf before the t.p. (recto) reads
“See Beloe’s Anecdotes | vol 1st. page 266”.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office,
SR 95.2
provenance:
- Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
(1629–1700), or Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of
Beaufort (1684–1714) (bookplate).
- The copy was acquired by the Trust in November 1983, according to
custodial records.
* Stanford University, Rare Book Collection
PN6081 .C68 1655
provenance:
- “W.W.H.” (initials stamped into leather
turn-in on front board)
- “James Hustler of Acklam in Cleveland in the
North Riding of the County of York Esqr. 1730” (armorial bookplate on
title page verso)
- “E. M. Cox” (bookplate)
-
John L. Clawson (1865–1933) (bookplate), sold
Anderson Galleries, 20 May 1926, Sale Number 157, “$75.00”.
- Seymour de Ricci, A Catalogue of Early English Books in the
Library of John L. Clawson[,] Buffalo (Philadelphia & New
York: Rosenbach Company, 1924), described “Original brown
calf,” noting that “E. M. Cox” refers to “the
collection of Dr. E[dwin]. Marion Cox (Pickering and Chatto, Cat. 188,
1920, n. 2547)” (p. 53, no. 157).
- Robert S. Pirie (1934–2015)
-
- This copy appeared recently at Sotheby’s as one of
“Eight works”, in lot 660 ($3,500, 2 Dec. 2015) ().
University of Birmingham, Cadbury Research
Library Special Collections, PN 6173
provenance:
- J. L. Appleton, New York (N.D.), advertised in The
Book Buyer, 3rd ser., vol. 13 (1896), as for sale by
“J. L. APPLETON, 27 Seventh St., New York City”, described as a
12mo for “$75.00”, the “First work of the kind,
con-|taining quotations from many dramatic pieces now probably lost. | Well
worthy of being carefully edited and republished” (p. 1023).
- Henry Clay Folger, Jr (1857–1930), purchased
from Appleton’s books, as lot 343 of Catalogue of the Private
Library of the late John L. Appleton of New York City (Anderson, Sale
Number 91, 24 February 1902), where it is described as “12 mo, full
green morocco. London, 1665 [sic]. *Fine copy of this scarce work,
the first of its kind, containing quotations from | many dramatic pieces
now lost” (p. 28), price $22.00.
- Originally listed as Copy 4 of the Folger Shakespeare Library,
provenance file “cs72” “green morocco | gt edges”
(card catalogue), before being sold to “Quaritch” as lot 166 of
the duplicates sale, “headline on p. 310 cropped, 19th century green
morocco, gilt inside borders, g.e.” (p. 37), for
“58”.
- On the back endpaper is the number 72, and “collated & perf.
by Quaritch GB”, with the duplicates stamp “F.S.L.
Dupl”.
University of California, Los Angeles, Clark
Library, PR 3369.C28 E5
provenance:
- On the top right-hand corner of the recto of the free endpaper could be
a “T” or “S” and the number 2.
- On the back paste-down is written “S 5/37”, and what
appears to be “uosuo”, which may be booksellers’
code.
- Purchased from Maggs Bros. in 1939 (institutional records).
University of Chicago, Special Collections,
Rare Books, PN6082.C76
provenance:
-
Henry White (c. 1761–1836)
- When the University of Chicago bookplate was removed for this
survey, a note written by Henry White and added to by Robert Nares was
revealed. The note reads “R. NARES. | the Gift of |
(Henry White | Close Lichfield | October 12th | 1809) |
March. 1812”.
-
Robert Nares (1753–1829) [underlined, in
the above note], sold “590 Cotgrave’s English Treasury of Wit
and Language, 1655” (Evans, 25 Nov. 1829).
- Ancillary notes on the verso facing the back paste-down feature
commentary evidently intended for Nares, A Glossary: Or, Collection
of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs,
&c. (London: R. Triphook, 1822).
-
John Mitford (1781–1859)
- There are two notes by John Mitford, dated “1834” (not
1814) and “June 1850”, on the front free fly leaf.
- Henry F. Sewall, of New York (1816–1896), sold
Sotheby’s, 9 November 1896, p. 44, lot 864, described
“Mitford’s copy. 12mo, calf” (“864”, pencil,
reverse of front board).
-
William August White (1843–1927)
- Henrietta C. Bartlett, Catalogue of Early English Books,
Chiefly of the Elizabethan Period (New York: W. A. White, 1926),
where she notes the ownership
“White–Nares–Mitford” (p. 26).
- Name and date appears in pencil on the copy (above Mitford’s
first note; effaced and faded).
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, X 821.08 C826E
provenance:
- “Edward …” (inscription)
- University of Illinois’s records indicate that the copy was
purchased “on the 15th of November, 1938, from a bookseller or
company named ‘Last.’”
University of Leeds, Brotherton Library
Special Collections, Lt d COT
provenance:
-
James Bindley (1739–1818)
- Initials “J.B.” 1793 on recto before t.p. Note reads:
“Scarce. This is the first Florilegium | that was
publish’d in our | Language, the fore-runner | of
Poole, Bysshe, Hayward | &c __ J.B. |
1793.”
- Notes from the sale (Evans, 7 Dec. 1818, lot 1247), indicate the
copy sold to Perry.
-
James Perry (1756–1821)
- At whose sale it either sold to “Thorpe” for 11s
(Evans, 16 May 1822, part 3, p. 2, lot 28), or to “Thorpe”
for £1 (4 March 1822, part 1, p. 27, lot 781).
-
George Hibbert (1757–1837)
- Sold by Evans, 16 March 1829, p. 111, lot 1974, described with the
quotation “The first Florilegium in our Language, I.B. …
cald, gilt leaves”; “c.p. 1854. Irlf” (pencil,
ancillary free flyleaf).
-
William Henry Miller (1789–1848)
- As item 41 of his sale, which notes the edges by Smith and the
“Note by J. Bindley”. The copy was sold to
“Bumstead” for £1 4s.
-
George Smith, of 21 Russell Square (d. 1878)
- Sold 10 July 1867 (Sotheby’s), where it is described
“Scarce, see autograph note on fly-leaf of J. Bindley, at whose
sale this copy sold for £3. 13s. 6d” (p. 97, lot
1702).
- Sold to “Pickering” at the Smith sale for £2 2s;
“c&p 19 7 87” (pencil, ancillary free flyleaf).
- Henry F. Sewall (1816–1896), sold Bang and Co.,
New York, 9 November 1896, part 1, p. 73, lot 863, sold for
“11”, described “12mo, calf, by Chas. Smith
(rubbed)”; “1897, no. 179” (pencil, ancillary free
flyleaf).
-
Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930)
- At the Duplicates Sale of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the copy
appears as lot “165” purchased by “Quaritch”
for £50 (22 June 1964).
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for
Special Collections, Furness Collection, C43.2 C82
provenance:
- “Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire,” the
Wilbraham family (bookplate).
- In The Library of Major H. C. Wilbraham and the
“Bewick” Collection of the late Edw. B. Mounsey, Esq. (19
Mar. 1928, no. 19), sold by Sotheby’s for £8.
- A matching description appears among “other properties”
with the books of “Mrs. M. L. Simpson,” sold
at Sotheby’s on 10 Dec. 1928 (p. 28, no. 797); “sold not
subject to return”.
- Mr. Henry N. Paul (1863–1954), gift to the
Horace Howard Furness memorial (bookplate).
- There appears to be a bookplate under that of Delamere
House.
condition:
- Textual annotations throughout, identifying Cotgrave’s editorial
alterations to the text.
University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom
Center, Pforz 22 PFZ
provenance:
- Henry Cunliffe (1826–1894) (bookplate)
- Herschel V. Jones (1861–1928) (bookplate),
described as lot 371 in the Jones sale (2 Dec. 1918, part 1), sold for
“$52.00” (p. 103).
-
Carl H. Pforzheimer (1879–1957)
- The Carl. H. Pforzheimer Library English Literature
1475–1700 (Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, & Heritage Book
Shop, Inc., 1997), pp. 1:218–19 (no. 220).
- A copy appears for sale with a similar description, bound by Riviere
with the Cunliffe bookplate, in Anderson Galleries, Catalogue of the
Shakespeare Library Formed by an English Collector (Sale Number 1334,
13 Feb. 1918, p. 60, lot 247).
University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare
Book Library, Rare Book B-12 00236
provenance:
- John Sheepshanks (1787–1863)
-
- Bookplate dated by hand “1852.”
- Clarence S. Bemens (1843–1923) (bookplate)
- Accessioned before “18/8/1994” (MARC record).
condition:
- A bookbinders’ ticket in the top fore-edge corner behind the
upper board reads “J. MILLIGAN | BOOK-SELLER | 13 BLENHEIM PALACE |
LEEDS” (digitized, ).
Wellesley College, Special Collections,
English Poets x
provenance:
- “Abice. Holbrooke” (inscription,
t.p.)
- “David Williams” (inscription, above
“To the Courteous | READER”), “End of | the Book |
1818,” in Williams’s handwriting (?), sig. X4r (p.
311).
- “Murray” (?) on sig. X4v.
- George Herbert Palmer (1842–1933)
-
- A Catalogue of Early and Rare Editions of English Poetry,
Collected and presented to Wellesley College (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1923), p. 140, described as “Black morocco back, paper
sides.”
Williams College, Chapin Library of Rare
Books, Wing C6368
provenance:
-
Alfred Clark Chapin (1848–1936)
- Purchased on 6 September 1917 from James F. Drake, New York
(bookseller; college records).
- Two shelfmarks on the inside upperboard “B 6” and
“CC”.
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book &
Manuscript Library, Hap28 655c
provenance:
- “Robert Smith | 1720” (annotation), with
mathematical calculations, and other writing, on the verso of the end free
flyleaf—reproduced in Estill 2018 (p. 61; digitized ).
- Beverley Chew (1850–1924) (bookplate), sold
Anderson Galleries, Sale Number 1699, 23 January 1923, p. 22, lot 60.
- Albert H. Childs (bookplate, “ALBERT H CHILDS | YALE
’61”); “4606” in pencil, fore-edge, bottom
corner of the verso facing the t.p.; head of page, price
“$60.00.”
- Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927), in whose
catalogue a description appears, “With the Beverly Chew
bookplate,” “full calf antique, carmine edges” (Anderson
Galleries, 24 Apr. 1918, p. 22, lot 84).
condition:
- Annotated with source information next to 6.6, 7.2, 127.4, 140.6,
186.8, 201.5–, 224.4–, 238.3–, 274.5, 281.6, and
282.5.