The history of King Lear
Subtitle: as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Colman, George, 1732-1794, editor; Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810, bookseller; Becket, Thomas, bookseller; Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873, former owner; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; Covent Garden Theatre
Publisher: Printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater-noster-Row; and T. Becket, and Co. in the Strand
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Other titles: Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
Work titles: King Lear
Notes: Signatures: Áþ B-Éı F́þ

Includes cast list.

ESTC T62768

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, Shakespeare, p. 27, no. 374

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy shelved under call no. G.4012.45 quarterbound in 19th-century vellum and papier tourniquet. The spine is overlaid with a maroon leather label with the title stamped in gilt along its length. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. This copy belonged to the English actor William Macready, who autographed the title page and annotated the text extensively. A bibliographic inscription in the hand of Thomas Pennant Barton is present on the title page. A slip of ruled paper is tipped onto the recto of page 13 with an inscription that reads, "Interleave with ruled paper for my other remarks and two or three leaves at the beginning."