1442200 1641 Shakespeare. Life of Richard III. Thomas More.

 

Richard III.- More (Sir Thomas) The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and unfortunate Death of Edward the fifth..., first edition in English, by Thomas Payne for Michael Young, 1641.  Richard III.- More (Sir Thomas) The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and unfortunate Death of Edward the fifth with the troublesome and tyrannical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, title with typographical border, with final blank, lacking engraved portraits of Edward and Richard, title defective at outer margin, water-staining to first few leaves, paper flaw tear to P1 with loss of a few letters, old ink inscription "John Hambage. His booke Anno Dom 1699" to front free endpaper and another of John Willkins to end, contemporary calf with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, edges and corners worn, [Wing M2688], 12mo, by Thomas Payne for Michael Young, 1641.

⁂ The second part comprises the first biography of Richard III, and the main source for Shakespeare'