Autograph letters signed from John Payne Collier, Riverside, Maidenhead, to S. Leigh Sotheby [manuscript], 1859-1860.

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Autograph letters signed from John Payne Collier, Riverside, Maidenhead, to S. Leigh Sotheby [manuscript], 1859-1860.

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The five letters relate principally to the Perkins Folio controversy, the so-called Shakespearian manuscripts at Bridgewater House, and the petition of Shakespeare's company to the Privy Council, 1596 (see Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1595-7, p. 310).

5 items ; 19 x 12 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

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