The Sicilian usurper
Subtitle: a tragedy, as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal : with a prefatory epistle in vindication of the author, occasioned by the prohibition of this play on the stage
By: written by N. Tate
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Knapton, James, -1738, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard
Published: 1691
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Other titles: History of King Richard the Second; Shakespeare Collection (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: King Richard II
Notes: A reissue, with a cancel title, of the 1681 edition.--Pforzheimer entry 919.

A reissue of "The history of King Richard the Second." (1681) adapted from Shakespeare's "King Richard II", with bifolium (title page and advertisement) replacing cancelled title page.

Signatures: pi℗ø Áœ(-A6) B-H́þ.

Page 55 misnumbered 51.

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection, Shakespeare, entry 572

English short title catalouge, entry R37870

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the second of three bound together in a volume titled "Richard III" [sic]. This volume contains [1]: The history of King Richard the Second acted at the Theatre Royal, under the name of the Sicilian usurper (1681) -- [2]: The Sicilian usurper a tragedy (1691) -- [3]: The first act of Shakespeare's King Richard II. In this copy, the advertisement leaf is bound-in at the end.