Pièce 6 - Letter from T. J. Wise to R. B. McKerrow

25 Heath Drive, Hampstead, N.W.3.—Lists the Nashe quartos at Christ Church, Oxford.

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25 Heath Drive, Hampstead, N.W.3

29. 10. 24.

My dear McKerrow,

I believe you told me you were unaware of the fact that some very beautiful copies of certain Nashe quartos existed in Christ-church library. I found it necessary to be there five days ago, & I took the opportunity of making a list of these Nashes for you. They are—

Lenten Stuffe—1599
Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
Summer’s Last Will—1600
Trimming of T. N.—1597
Pierces Supererogation—1593
New Letter of Notable Contents—1593
Saffron Walden—1596.

“Unfortunate Traveller” is cropped: the rest are fine.

“Summer’s Last Will” has the early variant of the imprint on title.

Ever sincerely yrs
T. J. Wise

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This letter was formerly inserted after p. 152 of McKerrow’s own copy of his Works of Nashe, vol. v (Adv. c. 25. 76), though the letter relates in fact to Appendix G, ‘Note on Copies of the Early Editions of Nashe’s Works’, on pp. 204–8. The copies mentioned in the letter are not mentioned in the Appendix, but, unusually, McKerrow has made no annotation in his own copy of the edition.