War of the Roses (Shakespeare’s Library) Bookmark

Reproduced here is a 1907 binding that held two William Shakespeare volumes dating from 1619: The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. The Whole Contention is now considered to be a corrupt version of Parts 2 and 3 of Henry VI, one of Shakespeare s most celebrated works.