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- # No. XXXI.
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This section, labeled "No. XXXI.," details the copies of a specific edition of *Lucrece* held by the British Museum. It was extracted from a larger text between lines 4087 and 4091.
## Context
This section is part of [Chapter III](arke:01KG6S4EM1AKPD5T35XS8GTZ8A), which is itself contained within the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53 collection](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y). It was extracted from the file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). It follows a section discussing the [EIGHTH EDITION, 1635.](arke:01KG6S5M2SWX8FZ5ECJH115XQQ) and precedes [No. XXXII.](arke:01KG6S5M2T5R0ZFADWA1MBGZRA), which describes a Bodleian copy.
## Contents
The section focuses on three copies of the edition of *Lucrece* located in the British Museum. It notes that only one of these copies (C. 34. a. 45) includes the rare frontispiece. This particular copy, measuring 5½" × 3½", was acquired by the Museum on April 3, 1865. It is described as stained and closely trimmed, but with a "singularly brilliant" impression of the frontispiece, despite the verses beneath it being cut by the binder. The text also mentions that this copy was previously owned by Halliwell[-Phillipps], who sold it at Sotheby’s in May 1856 for £25 10s. 0d. Halliwell[-Phillipps] had inserted a manuscript note highlighting the extreme rarity of the edition with the frontispiece compared to its more frequent occurrence without it.
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British Museum (1).
Three copies of the edition are in the British Museum, but only one of them has the frontispiece (C. 34. a. 45). The perfect copy, which measures 5½" × 3½", was acquired by the Museum, April 3, 1865. It is stained and very closely trimmed, but the impression of the frontispiece is singularly brilliant, though the verses beneath it have been cut into by the binder. This copy was at one time in the possession of Halliwell[-Phillipps], who sold it by auction at Sotheby’s in May, 1856, for £25 10s. od. Halliwell[-Phillipps] inserted a manuscript note, calling attention to the extreme rarity of the edition with the frontispiece, and to its comparatively frequent occurrence without that embellishment.
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