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The Sicilian usurper: a tragedy, as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal : with a prefatory epistle in vindication of the author, occasioned by the prohibition of this play on the stage
1691, Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard
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Book Details
Edition Notes
A reissue, with a cancel title, of the 1681 edition.--Pforzheimer entry 919.
A reissue of "The history of King Richard the Second." (1681) adapted from Shakespeare's "King Richard II", with bifolium (title page and advertisement) replacing cancelled title page.
Signatures: pi℗ø Áœ(-A6) B-H́þ.
Page 55 misnumbered 51.
Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection, Shakespeare, entry 572
English short title catalouge, entry R37870
Cataloged 2015 jmoschella
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the second of three bound together in a volume titled "Richard III" [sic]. This volume contains [1]: The history of King Richard the Second acted at the Theatre Royal, under the name of the Sicilian usurper (1681) -- [2]: The Sicilian usurper a tragedy (1691) -- [3]: The first act of Shakespeare's King Richard II. In this copy, the advertisement leaf is bound-in at the end.

