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<dl><dd>An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's King Lear by Nahum Tate</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-Íþ K℗ø</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection</dd>
<dd>Carl H. Pforzheimer Library</dd>
<dd>Bartlett, H. Mr. William Shakespeare</dd>
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<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in brown morocco and papier tourniquet. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. A BPL pamphlet wrapper is bound-in at front with a blue slip of note paper that contains a bibliographical inscription, with binder's instructions, in the hand of T.P. Barton. This item is the first of three bound together in a single volume titled "Tate's Lear." This volume contains [1]: The history of King Lear acted at the Duke's Theatre / N. Tate [1681] -- [2]: The history of King Lear acted at the Queens Theatre / N. Tate [1702] -- [3]: The history of King Lear as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden / [George Colman] 1768</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715</dd>
<dd>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear</dd>
<dd>Flesher, E. (Elizabeth), active 1670-1678? bookseller</dd>
<dd>Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Magnes, Mary, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Benet, Richard, former owner. MB</dd>
<dd>Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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