**G_,4030.2.2 Most pleasaunt and excellent conceited comedie, A, of Syr John Fal- staffe, and the merrie wiues of Windsor. Facsimiles. (In Shakespeare, William. Works... [Edited] by James O. Halliwell [Phillipps]. Vol. 2, pp. 212-234. London. 1854.) This is believed to be a pirated edition of the Merry wives... “taken either from notes made at the theatre, or from the imperfect memoranda of one of the actors.” It was published in 1602. Original copies are ex- cessively rare, only four being known to exist (in 1854).
aN is \L This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, September 30, 1914. K2668 — Shakespeare, William. Merry wives of Windsor. Alterations, adapta-
tions, etc.