A lecture on the times and the play of Richard the Third, delivered in Crosby Hall, November 8th, 1843 / by Miles Beale, M.R.C.S.

Miles Beale

RA Collection: Book

Record number

25/408

Author

Imprint

London: Crosby Hall Literary and Scientific Institution, M.DCCC.XLIV

Physical Description

40 p., frontis.; illus.; 209 mm.

General Note

The printer statement appears on the verso of the title-page, 'London: Printed by P. White and Son, Devonshire Square.' The lecture is prefaced by a dedication to Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S. F.L.S etc (p. iii-iv). The frontispiece is entitled, 'New Front of Crosby Hall. / Originally Builded [sic] in 1472'.

Provenance

An owner's signature appears on the upper right of the recto of the frontispiece, 'Samuel Nixon'.
Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (3) in vol. VII of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.

Binding Note

In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / VII'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. King Richard III - Richard III, King of England 1452-1485

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