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## Context
The section discusses the market value and availability of early editions of Shakespeare's poems. It references Justin Winsor's *Bibliography of Shakespeare’s Poems* and the preface to the Cambridge Shakespeare as sources for information on extant copies. The author notes that personal inspection, correspondence with owners, and sale catalogues were primary sources for the information presented. It is preceded by a section titled "FIRST EDITION, 1594" ([arke:01KG6S5J9P9TBB3P2D8FWSDYE9](arke:01KG6S5J9P9TBB3P2D8FWSDYE9)) and followed by a section titled "FIRST EDITION, 1594." ([arke:01KG6S5J9JAWE8R34EYR66FKSW](arke:01KG6S5J9JAWE8R34EYR66FKSW)).
## Contents
This section details the rising prices of early editions of Shakespeare's poems, estimating that a perfect copy of a first edition could fetch £1000 and later seventeenth-century editions £500. It mentions the Bodleian Library's holdings, specifically referencing a Charlemont MSS. note. The text also includes a page number reference to "Page 179" and the heading "LUCRECE".
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a sale in 1902. At the present moment the prices are rapidly rising. A perfect copy of a first edition would be likely to reach £1000, and a perfect copy of any later edition of the seventeenth century, £500. Justin Winsor’s *Bibliography of Shakespeare’s Poems* (Boston, 1879), and the preface to the Cambridge Shakespeare (new edit, 1891), supply some useful particulars in regard to extant copies, but most of the information recorded here has been derived from a personal inspection of the copies, or from correspondence with the present owners, or from sale catalogues.
¹ Charlemont MSS. (*Hist. MSS. Comm. Rep.*), i. 343.
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