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- # No. XXXIII.
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This section, labeled "No. XXXIII.," details several extant copies of the Eighth Edition of Shakespeare's *Lucrece*, published in 1655. It spans lines 4097 to 4117 of its source file.
## Context
This section is part of [Chapter III](arke:01KG6S4EM1AKPD5T35XS8GTZ8A), which is contained within the larger collection, [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y). It was extracted from the file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). It follows the section [No. XXXII.](arke:01KG6S5M2T5R0ZFADWA1MBGZRA) and precedes [No. XXXIV.](arke:01KG6S5MT47TQXJYVEB86QFA2T).
## Contents
The section describes multiple copies of the 1655 edition of *Lucrece*. It begins with a detailed account of the copy held in the Barton collection at the Boston Public Library, noting its condition as described by bookseller Thomas Rodd in 1835, its acquisition by T. P. Barton, and its bequest to the library in 1876. This copy is bound in green morocco by Mackenzie. The section also mentions an "interesting copy" belonging to Mr. Dwight Church of New York, describing its physical characteristics and provenance from Sotheby's and the Tite sale. Furthermore, it notes a "perfect copy" owned by Mr. Folger, junior, of New York, tracing its history through Dr. Richard Farmer and Henry F. Sewall. A fourth perfect copy sold at the Daniel sale in 1864 and later owned by E. G. Asay of Chicago is also mentioned. Finally, the section describes two copies in the British Museum, one bound with pamphlets in the King's Library (E. 1672/3) and another in the Grenville collection (G. 11432), detailing their condition and possible previous ownership.
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Barton collection, Boston Public Library.
The copy in the Barton collection at the Boston Public Library has the frontispiece inlaid. This copy was thus described by the bookseller, Thomas Rodd, on October 5, 1835:—‘The title-page torn and laid down. The frontispiece inlaid. Several leaves cut into the side margin &
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LUCRECE 55
EIGHTH EDITION, 1655.
dirty. The back margin sewed in.⁷ Rodd thought it might be identical with the copy sold in 1827 at the Field sale for £3 19s. od. It was purchased by T. P. Barton of New York, from Rodd, in 1835, and bequeathed by Barton to the Boston Public Library in 1876. It is bound in green morocco by Mackenzie, and the binder has misplaced pages 5 and 8.
An interesting copy, belonging to Mr. Dwight Church of New York, bound in old calf, has the frontispiece, but it is cut into at the bottom. Some of the pages of the text are also closely cut. The copy, which measures 5⁰⁄₁₆″ × 3⁰⁄₈″, seems identical with one which was purchased at Sotheby’s, by [Sir] William Tite, in 1850, for £26 5s. od. and sold at the Tite sale in 1874, for £11 5s. od. Mr. Church’s copy is carefully described in *Contributions to English Bibliography*, Grolier Club, 1895, p. 183.
Mr. Folger, junior, of New York, possesses a perfect copy. This was apparently the copy which belonged to Dr. Richard Farmer, and was for a time in the library of Henry F. Sewall of New York, at the sale of whose books in 1897 it fetched £37 (£185).
A fourth perfect copy was sold at the Daniel sale in 1864, for £40 19s. od., and was subsequently in the library of E. G. Asay of Chicago.
Of two copies in the British Museum without the frontispiece one is bound up with a volume of pamphlets in the King’s Library, E. 1672/3. The date, ‘Aug: 31,’ is written in a contemporary hand above the imprint, and was probably the day of publication in the year 1655. The book is in good condition. It measures 5⁰⁄₈″ × 3⁰⁄₈″.
The second copy without the frontispiece, which is at the British Museum, is in the Grenville collection (G. 11432). All the leaves are stained and have been mended. The volume is bound in olive morocco and measures 5⁰⁄₈″ × 3⁰⁄₈″. This may be the copy formerly in the library of George Hibbert, of Portland Place, which was sold at the Hibbert sale in 1829, for £2 6s. od.
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