[Literature] [Shakesepeare, William] King Henry the Fourth, Leaf Extracted From the First Folio, Bound With Leaves From the Second Folio

(London: Printed by Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623). Folio. Single leaf, extracted from the First Folio, pp. 49/50 of The First Part of King Henry the Fourth. Printed in two columns. Mounted on stub, soiling to recto and verso, scattered wear along extremities.

Bound within leaves from the Second Folio (London, 1632), comprising: the complete first and second parts of Henry the Fourth (pp. 46-100), plus the leaf of the Epilogue (i2r) and The Actors Names (i2v), as well as the complete first act of The Life and Death of King Richard the Second (pp. 23-45). Together bound in full blue linen-covered boards, black morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; spotting and soiling to text; closed tear in bottom edge c2; old repaired closed tear in bottom edge d1; repaired closed tear in bottom edge of d6 and e1 from the Second Folio; repaired open tear bottom edge f6. Pforzheimer 905 and 906; Grolier English 19; Printing and the Mind of Man 122

A scarce leaf from William Shakespeare's famed First Folio, being pp. pp. 49/50 of The First Part of King Henry the Fourth. Bound with 38 leaves from the Second Folio.