The accompanying table is an attempt to show at a glance the geographical distribution of the copies named by Mr. Lee. His estimate of condition has been scrupulously followed, even with regard to the first folio in the royal library at Berlin. In the Vossische Zeitung of February 10, and in The Times of the following day, there appeared a statement to the effect that a careless or malicious reader had mutilated this Berlin copy, which was bought of Joseph Lilly in 1858 and presented by the then prince-regent, afterwards Emperor William I., to the royal library, and that the whole of the ‘Comedy of Errors’ had been cut out. I communicated with the director of the library on this subject, and he courteously informs me that the statement, happily, is based on a misapprehension. The folio of 1623 is in the same condition as when presented forty-five years ago; on the other hand, the facsimile of 1806 has been robbed of eight leaves, including those on which the ‘Comedy of Errors’ is printed. As to distribution, I have assumed that the five copies sold in the United States during the past few years have there remained; of the three examples which occurred at Sotheby’s in 1902 I chance to know that one has gone to America, another is still in London; while since January copies LXXVIIIa, LXXX, and LXXXVI have been sold at auction and are entered under ‘London, private owners.’ It is worthy of remark that the three first folios in British colonies are presentations from public-spirited men: those at Capetown and Auckland are the gift of Sir George Grey; that at Sydney of Sir Richard Tangye.
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Cambridge | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |||
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Durham | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
Lancashire | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | |||
Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
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Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Derbyshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
Shropshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||
Leicestershire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
Norfolk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Northamptonshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||
Warwickshire | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | |||
Worcestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Gloucestershire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||
Buckinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |||
Berkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
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Hampshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
Wiltshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Devonshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Cornwall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
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| WALES | 2 |
SCOTLAND (Glasgow, | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| SCOTLAND | 3 |
IRELAND (Dublin) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| IRELAND | 1 |
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Germany (Berlin) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | | CONTINENT | 2 |
Italy (Padua) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |||
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Sydney | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | | BRITISH | 3 |
Auckland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||
Capetown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||
UNITED STATES:— | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 10 | 36 |
| UNITED STATES | 46 |
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Cambridge | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Durham | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lancashire | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Derbyshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Shropshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Leicestershire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Norfolk | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northamptonshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Warwickshire | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Worcestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Gloucestershire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Buckinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Berkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Hampshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Devonshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Cambridge | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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Durham | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Lancashire | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Yorkshire | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
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Lincolnshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Derbyshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Shropshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Leicestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Norfolk | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Northamptonshire | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
Warwickshire | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Worcestershire | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Gloucestershire | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Buckinghamshire | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Berkshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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Wiltshire | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
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Durham | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lancashire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yorkshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Derbyshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Shropshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Leicestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Norfolk | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northamptonshire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Warwickshire | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Worcestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Gloucestershire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Buckinghamshire | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Berkshire | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Devonshire | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Cornwall | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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UNITED STATES:— | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
Untraced | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
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Cambridge | 3 | — | |||
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Durham | 1 | — | |||
Lancashire | 3 | 4 | |||
Yorkshire | — | 3 | |||
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Nottinghamshire | — | 2 | |||
Derbyshire | — | 2 | |||
Cheshire | — | 1 | |||
Shropshire | — | 1 | |||
Staffordshire | — | 1 | |||
Leicestershire | — | 1 | |||
Norfolk | — | 2 | |||
Cambridgeshire | — | 2 | |||
Northamptonshire | — | 4 | |||
Warwickshire | 4 | 2 | |||
Worcestershire | — | 2 | |||
Gloucestershire | — | 4 | |||
Buckinghamshire | 1 | 2 | |||
Berkshire | — | 2 | |||
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Hampshire | — | 1 | |||
Wiltshire | — | 2 | |||
Devonshire | 1 | 1 | |||
Cornwall | — | 1 | |||
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WALES (Crickhowell, | — | 2 |
| WALES | 2 |
SCOTLAND (Glasgow, | 1 | 2 |
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IRELAND (Dublin) | 1 | — |
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Auckland | 1 | — | |||
Capetown | 1 | — | |||
UNITED STATES:— | 10 | 36 |
| UNITED STATES | 46 |
Untraced | — | 6 |
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❧ RECENT ACQUISITIONS AT THE LOUVRE ❧
THREE ITALIAN ALBARELLI
FOR some time past Italian fifteenth-century maiolica has been much sought after, and very justly; it would appear, however, that, so far, it is more admired than understood. Without doubt several works have been devoted to this subject. But if we attempt to divide it up into several groups, the various classifications seem neither very clear nor very definitive. ¶ The three druggists’ jars which have just been acquired by the Louvre will help in a certain degree to fix the date and to determine the centre of activity of one of the factories which we are trying to reconstitute at the present moment—a factory which Mr. Fraschetti has made his special study (in L’ Arte, 1898), as also Mr. Stettiner has done.[107] Articles from this factory are characterized by a decoration of long, large leaves, curving back at the end, half white and half painted, the veining only being indicated on the back side; these leaves are intermingled with a peculiar style of decoration, in which the eyes of peacocks’ feathers are presented together with large, round, blue and yellow flowers, standing out from a background of slender blue scroll-pattern. The principal pieces of this ware have been found at Rome. They are notably the druggists’ jars of the hospital of St. John Lateran, those of the apothecary Bruti, near the bridge of S. Angelo, the paving tiles in one of the chapels of the church of S. Maria del Popolo, and those in the church of S. Maria della Verità at Viterbo.[108] From this fact it has been concluded that this factory, which sprang more or less directly from Faenza, and which produced a great deal, must have been situated in Rome; and it has been proposed to call it, at least provisionally, the Roman factory. ¶ The three albarelli in the Louvre belong, as the accompanying figures will show, to this class, for they are all decorated on one side with the large peculiar leaves. The most important of these jars, from an artistic point of view, bears on the front side the bust of a beardless man, which will at once recall similar figures on the Viterbo pavement. Before the face waves a streamer,[109] upon which the maker (who was evidently very illiterate) has traced an inscription, which does not seem to convey any meaning whatever:—AR ·IERIN ·RI · N · E · I · R · E. The two other jars are, truth to tell, but very mediocre specimens, but they are of great interest to the archaeologist, for they are decorated with armorial shields which furnish us with some very useful information. On one of these shields are quartered the arms of Aragon and Jerusalem; on the other are the same arms parti per pale with those of Milan. These armorial bearings[110] (very distinct though slightly simplified by the maker, as is generally the case) tell us for whom these jars were manufactured; they belonged, in fact, to Alfonzo II of Aragon, king of Naples and Sicily, who reigned one year (from 1494 to 1495) and died in the latter year at the age of forty-seven. He married in 1465 Hippolyta Maria Sforza (daughter of Francesco Sforza I, duke of Milan, and Bianca-Maria Visconti), who died at Naples in 1484.[111] These albarelli, which bear the coats-of-arms of the king and queen, must have been made between 1465 and 1484, or at the latest before 1495.