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- # SHAKESPEARES LUCRECE
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a frontmatter section from a facsimile edition of Shakespeare's poem *Lucrece*, published in 1905 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. It reproduces the first edition of 1594 from a copy in the Malone Collection at the Bodleian Library. The frontmatter includes the title, publication details, and an image, as well as a table of contents.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This frontmatter is part of the [Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF) poetry collection, which was extracted from the text file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). The text file was derived from a PDF included in the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection. This section comes after the main text of [LUCRECE](arke:01KG6S4EKY51VMSVW223N3DBBF) and precedes the [INTRODUCTION TO LUCRECE—](arke:01KG6S4EKZCVT1F5Y5ZN39J8G7).
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The frontmatter contains the following elements:
- Title: "SHAKESPEARES LUCRECE"
- Statement indicating it is a facsimile reproduction of the first edition (1594)
- Source of the copy: Malone Collection in the Bodleian Library
- Indication of an introduction and bibliography by Sidney Lee
- Publisher information: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1905
- Printer: Horace Hart, Printer to the University
- A table of contents for the introduction
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- # SHAKESPEARES
# LUCRECE
BEING A REPRODUCTION IN FACSIMILE OF
# THE FIRST EDITION
1594
FROM THE COPY IN THE MALONE COLLECTION
IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
WITH INTRODUCTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
BY
SIDNEY LEE
OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
MDCCCCV
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OXFORD
PHOTOGRAPHS AND LETTERPRESS
BY HORACE HART, M.A.
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
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# CONTENTS
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- SHAKESPEARES LUCRECE