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- # Perry copy, 1636.
## Overview
This section, titled "Perry copy, 1636.", is part of the larger work [Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF). It spans lines 1321 to 1357 of the source text file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA) and was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
This section is situated within a collection of Shakespeare's poetry, specifically within [Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF). It follows a section labeled [No. XIX.](arke:01KG6S4DZSNVJRA7ZYSA3TXZV1) and precedes the chapter titled [VENVS AND ADONIS](arke:01KG6S4EKTEPDKEPHN8S8S8D6WYD). The content is part of the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection.
## Contents
The section discusses the provenance and publication history of various editions of Shakespeare's *Venus and Adonis*. It details the ownership history of a 1636 "Perry copy," including its sale prices and re-bindings by Henry Stevens and Bedford. It also describes a 1675 edition printed by Elizabeth Hodgkinsonne, noting its chap-book nature and its subsequent ownership by George Richard Savage Nassau and J. O. Halliwell, eventually passing to H. C. Folger, Jr. Another copy of the 1675 edition, lacking a title-page, is noted to have belonged to Malone and is listed in the Bodleian Library's catalogue, though its current accessibility is questioned. The section also touches upon eighteenth-century reprints of *Venus and Adonis*, mentioning its inclusion in *Poems on Affairs of State* (1707), and later editions by Edmund Curll (1710) and Bernard Lintott (1710), which aimed to supplement Rowe's critical edition of Shakespeare's plays. It highlights discrepancies in publication dates and the eventual admission of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works into the Shakespearean canon due to Malone's efforts.
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