The mirror for magistrates - Baldwin, William ca. 1518-1563n.; Campbell, Lily Bess 1883-. (New York Barnes & Noble, 1960)
Introduction.--Tragedies of the 1559 edition.--Prefaces to the 1559 edition.--Tragedies added in the edition of 1563.--Preface to the second part of the 1563 edition.--Tragedies added in the edition of 1578.--Tragedies added in the edition of 1587.--Appendices: A. Description of the Huntington Library copies of the texts. B. Indexes showing the arrangement of the tragedies in the various editions. C. Collation of Ms. 364 in St. John's College, Cambridge, with Sackville's "Induction" and tragedy 22. D. Collation of poems in Harleian ms. 2252 with tragedies 31 and 32.
A collection of legends in verse originally published in 1559 as a continuation of Lydgate's "Fall of princes," by William Baldwin and others.
Contains the text of the 1559 ed., with additions to the original, published in 1563, 1578, and 1587.
With facsims. of original title pages.
Keywords: Shakespeare, William -- 1564-1616; Great Britain -- History -- Poetry