Binding: Original red embodssed, blind-tooled boards. Damp staining on cover. Annotation: Pencil signature of the British Museum on title page.Binders ticket on back paste-down, reads "Bound By Edmonds & Remnants. London." For comparison, see similar example in BL's Database of Bookbinding. Lithographed facsimile before title-page.
Binding: Bound in red cloth with gilt frame. Cloth has underpattern. Title in gilt on upper board. Barnett has "England 1903" on front pastedown. Signature of John Martin, Froxfield on innerpastedown. Likely John Martin (1791-1855) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_(bibliographer) Small insert at front reads "The following collection of Pictures is now on view at Mr. HOGARTH'S 60, Great Portland Street -- For sale Price L2000.
Folger note reads: From the same stereotype plates as those used for The dramatic works of William Shakespeare from the correct edition of Isaac Reed ... London, Printed for J. Walker ; G. Offor [etc., etc.] 1820.
With reproduction of original t.-p.: The lamentable and true tragedie of M. Arden of Feversham in Kent ... Imprinted at London for Edward White ... 1592. (From Omni, Same appears in Folger)
2nd ed. Appendix: "A brief description of a curious manuscript in the collection of the Rev. Dr. Neligan, with extracts. The manuscript is entitled A true historicall relation of the conversion of Sir Tobie Matthews to the Holie Catholic fayth, with the antecedents and consequents thereof, to a deare friend": p. [155]-162. (From Omni)