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- # Copies attached to *The Whole Contention*.
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This section is a textual description of copies of *Pericles* attached to *The Whole Contention*, extracted from the file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). It is part of the section "THE EDITION OF 1619." ([arke:01KG6S5KFPTGSNPK7E3E8KV60Q]), which is part of the collection [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y). The text was extracted on January 30, 2026, and is preceded by an introduction ([arke:01KG6S6M63BK4KXV80SYY1K2PH]) and followed by a section on detached copies ([arke:01KG6S6M640X46NS2GC4VW6PYZ]).
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This section provides details on several copies of *Pericles* that were bound with the 1619 edition of *The Whole Contention*. The text describes copies held by the British Museum, the New York Public Library (Lenox collection), the University of Virginia, and Mr. E.D. Church. The copy in the British Museum still forms part of the volume with *The Whole Contention*. The New York Public Library copy has a provenance including sales by C.W. Loscombe, J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, and Sir William Tite. The University of Virginia copy was presented by Col. Thomas Mann Randolph.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The section details the physical characteristics and provenance of several copies of *Pericles*. It notes the British Museum copy's dimensions and binding. The New York Public Library copy is described as being in fine condition. The University of Virginia copy is bound with an imperfect copy of *The Whole Contention*. The Mr. E. D. Church copy is missing the title page. The section concludes by noting that in no other known copies does *Pericles* retain its original shape of supplement to *The Whole Contention*.
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- Copies attached to *The Whole Contention*.
No. XVII. British Museum copy.
The copy in the British Museum (C. 34. k. 38), which measures $7\frac{2}{16}'' \times 5\frac{1}{16}''$, still forms part of the volume of which the first portion is occupied by *The Whole Contention* (in two parts). The title-page of *Pericles* is missing. Two blank leaves intervene between the close of the second part of *The Whole Contention* and the opening of the text of *Pericles*. The latter play fills thirty-three leaves instead of thirty-four. The volume is bound in red morocco, and on the front cover is stamped the arms of David Garrick, the former owner.
**No. XVIII.** New York Public Library.
A copy in the Lenox collection of the New York Public Library in fine condition is bound without title-page with the 1619 edition of *The Whole Contention*. Its earlier owners have been C. W. Loscombe, F.S.A., at whose sale in 1854 it fetched £11 15s. od.; J. O. Halliwell[-Phillipps], at whose sale in 1856 it fetched £6 7s. 6d.; and Sir William Tite, at whose sale in 1874 it fetched £21, and was bought for the Lenox collection.
**No. XIX.** Virginia University copy, U.S.A.
A copy in the library of the University of Virginia at Charlottetown is bound with an imperfect copy of *The Whole Contention* and some other early quarto plays. The volume was presented by Col. Thomas Mann Randolph, son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), President of the United States.
**No. XX.** Mr. E. D. Church’s (Rowfant) copy.
A copy, lacking the title-page, but bound up as published with the 1619 edition of *The Whole Contention*, now in the possession of Mr. E. Dwight Church of New York, was formerly in the Rowfant library of Frederick Locker Lampson. It measures $7\frac{2}{2}'' \times 5\frac{2}{2}''$.
In no other known copies does *Pericles* retain its original shape of supplement to *The Whole Contention*.
**No. XXI.** Huth copy.
In Mr. Huth’s library, though *Pericles*, 1619, is separately bound, the copy of *The Whole Contention* to which it was attached is preserved in separate binding in the same collection.
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