SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM attributed to The History of Sir John O

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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM, attributed to. The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham. By Mr. William Shakespear. Engraved frontispiece. 72 pages, with notice on title verso attacking Robert Walker for piracy. 12mo, 162x98 mm, modern wrappers; contents relatively clean. London: J. Tonson, 1734

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In 1734-35 Jacob Tonson and Robert Walker published competing duodecimo editions of the complete Shakespeare plays printed separately and also available in sets. These editions were the last expressly naming Shakespeare as the author of the spurious plays. The only separate editions of this play before Tonson and Walker were the quartos of 1600 and 1619. Jaggard, page 451.