Note 321 — ANNALS OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY. (continued 5)
Reading edition
In 1837 Romeo and Juliet, printed by Smethwicke, n. d., was bought for £9 10s.; in 1840, Richard III, 1605, for £21, and Hamlet, 1611, for £10 10s.; and in 1841 the first edit. 1595, of part iii. of Henry VI. was bought at Chalmers' sale for £131!