Shakespeare's Library

Title

Shakespeare's Library

Subject

Early Modern England

Creator

Dr Christina Wolf

Source

University of leicester Special Collections

Date

2018

Rights

You may re-use this item in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/

Language

English

Type

Books

Collection Items

The Metamorphosis
Translated from Latin

The Civil Wars of Rome
A selection form Plutach's The Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans

Holinshed's Chronicles
Frontspieces to the First and Last volumes

Edward Hall's Chronicles
Frontspiece depicting the Lancaster and York family trees and their union under Henry Tudor.

The True Tragedy of Richard the Third
Title page of the 1844 edition of the play. Leicester University Library stamp.

The Bible
Frontspiece and blank page with various scribbles by previous copy owner(s)

A Book of Christian Prayers
Frontispiece - Religious imagery

The Book of Martyrs
Foxe's Acts & Monuments

Machiavel's Discourses and The Prince
Fronstpice -Machiavel's engraving

The Essays of Michael De Montaigne
Front page of Montaigne's Essays
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