The life of Henry VIII
By: by Mr. William Shakespear ; in which are interspersed, historical notes, moral reflections and observations, in respect to the unhappy fate Cardinal Wolsey met with ; never before publish'd ; adorned with several copper-plates ; by the author of The history of the life and times of Cardinal Wolsey ; dedicated to Colley Cibber, Esq
Contributors: Grove, Joseph, -1764, editor; Browne, Daniel, -1762, bookseller; Whiston, John, 1711-1780, bookseller; White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794, bookseller; Nourse, J. (John), -1780, bookseller; Pote, Thomas, bookseller; Tovey, Barnes, -1806, bookseller; Parr, Nathaniel, -1751, engraver; Benning, R., engraver; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar; J. Whiston, and B. White, in Fleet-Street; J. Nourse, in the Strand; W. Withers, and T. Pote, in Fleet-Street; M. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row; and B. Tovey, in Westminster-Hall
Published: 1758
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Work titles: King Henry VIII
Notes: The author of The history of the life and times of Cardinal Wolsey is Joseph Grove.

Issued with a later state of the plates, most being signed by Benning and all by Grove. Some copies contain an earlier state of the plates, signed: N. Parr sculp.; 5 other plates also by Parr.

Signatures: A-Ṕþ Q℗ø.

Head- and tailpieces.

Errata on p. 116.

ESTC T40952

Jaggard, W.  Shakespeare bibliography, p. 347

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, Shakespeare, p. 24, no. 305

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in early calfskin and buff-colored paper. The title is stamped in gilt along the spine. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown and an early inscription of attribution to Grove is present on the title page.