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- # No. XXVIII. Untraced copy.
## Overview
This entity is a section titled "No. XXVIII. Untraced copy." It is part of Chapter III of a larger collection and was extracted from the file `pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt`.
## Context
This section is situated within Chapter III of a collection related to Shakespeare's works, specifically concerning early editions of his poems. It follows the description of the "Britwell copy" (No. XXVII) and precedes the "Edinburgh University copy" (No. XXIX). The section details the provenance and characteristics of a particular copy of an unspecified work, noting its previous owners and its current whereabouts being untraced.
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The text describes a copy of a work that was formerly owned by George Steevens, purchased by Richard Heber, and later acquired by William Henry Miller for the Britwell library. The measurements of this copy are noted as 5¼″ × 3⅛″. It is bound with a copy of Charles Fitz-Geffry’s *Blessed Birthday* (Oxford, 1636). The section also mentions a copy previously owned by John Mansfield Mackenzie of Edinburgh, which was sold at Sotheby's in 1889 and purchased by Pearson & Co., but its current owner remains untraced.
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- No. XXVIII. Untraced copy.
The Britwell copy formerly belonged to George Steevens, and was bought at his sale in 1800 by Richard Heber for fifteen shillings. It passed from the Heber Library into the possession of William Henry Miller, the founder of the library at Britwell, in 1834. The measurements are 5¼″ × 3⅛″. It is bound up with a copy of Charles Fitz-Geffry’s Blessed Birthday (Oxford, 1636).
A copy belonging to John Mansfield Mackenzie, of Edinburgh, of which some leaves had rough edges, was sold at Sotheby’s at the sale of the Mackenzie Library, March 11, 1889, and was purchased by Pearson & Co., the London booksellers, for £26 10s. od. Its present owner has not been traced.
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- No. XXVIII. Untraced copy.