A most pleasaunt and excellent conceited comedie, of Syr Iohn Falstaffe, and the merrie wiues of Windsor. : Entermixed with sundrie variable and pleasing humors, of Syr Hugh the Welch knight, Iustice Shallow, and his wise cousin M. Slender. With the swaggering vaine of Auncient Pistoll, and Corporall Nym. By William Shakespeare. As it hath bene diuers times acted by the right Honorable my Lord Chamberlaines seruants. Both before her Maiestie, and else-where.
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Title
A most pleasaunt and excellent conceited comedie, of Syr Iohn Falstaffe, and the merrie wiues of Windsor. : Entermixed with sundrie variable and pleasing humors, of Syr Hugh the Welch knight, Iustice Shallow, and his wise cousin M. Slender. With the swaggering vaine of Auncient Pistoll, and Corporall Nym. By William Shakespeare. As it hath bene diuers times acted by the right Honorable my Lord Chamberlaines seruants. Both before her Maiestie, and else-where.
Uniform title
Merry wives of Windsor
Created/published
London : Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for Arthur Iohnson, and are to be sold at his shop in Powles Church-yard, at the signe of the Flower de Leuse and the Crowne, 1602.
Partly in verse. Printer's name from STC. Signatures: A-G⁴. The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A". Running title reads: A pleasant comedie, of the merry wiues of windsor. Stationers' register: Entered to J. Busby and ass'd to A. Johnson 18 January [1602]
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
rpm 07/15/96
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 98) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22299 Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 187 (a) English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111204
Lock 0900. Imperfect: lacking leaves A1 and G3; both supplied in photostats from an unknown source. All leaves are trimmed and inlaid or mounted. Cropped at head, affecting headlines and some text; some leaves mutilated and repaired, affecting text. Manuscript note on t.p.: "1st Edition". Provenance: John Philip Kemble copy; Duke of Devonshire copy; Huntington Library duplicate copy
