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- # FIRST EDITION, 1593.
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This is a section titled "FIRST EDITION, 1593." extracted from the text file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). It discusses the first edition of Shakespeare's *Venus and Adonis* published in 1593. The section appears on lines 1032-1079 of the source file.
## Context
This section is part of the [Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF) poetry collection, which is contained within the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection. It follows the section titled [The small number of questions.](arke:01KG6S4C66FNJFT8371T6ZWR61) and precedes the section titled [SECOND EDITION, 1594.](arke:01KG6S4C66P2XHV5B58MHGJ7XT).
## Contents
The section provides details about the first edition of *Venus and Adonis*, including the fact that only one copy is known to exist. It mentions that the copy belonged to Edmund Malone and is now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The section also recounts Malone's search for an early edition of the poem and his eventual acquisition of the 1593 edition for £25. The text further describes the physical characteristics of the copy, including its dimensions and number of leaves. It also notes that the volume includes *Licia, or poems of Love*, by Giles Fletcher, published in the same year. The section is further divided into three chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG6S6RVHAD7MJZRSB5EZADK6), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG6S6RVHR346WQYMW2JRS23F), and [Chunk 3](arke:01KG6S6SF50QXZSQ720E8WTC36).
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