Title page of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, with alterations and an additional scene by David Garrick, as performed at the Theatres-Royal in London and Dublin. 1768. From volume one of a two-volume collection of plays.
David Garrick's revision of the death scene in Romeo and Juliet. Veering from the original, Garrick's version has Juliet wake before Romeo's death, allowing the lovers a final farewell.
Final page of Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World bearing the Printers's Mark of William Stansby and indicating that the book is to be sold at Walter Burre's "Shop in Paules Church-yard at the ſigne of the Crrane." Folio-sized, rag-based…
Photo of the exterior of Sir Walter Ralegh's History of the World, printed in 1614 by William Stansby meant to emphasize the unworn edges and thickness of the book.