The first and second part of the troublesome raigne of Iohn King of England : With the discouerie of King Richard Cordelions base sonne (vulgarly named, the bastard Fauconbridge:) also the death of King Iohn at Swinstead Abbey. As they were (sundry times) lately acted. Written by W. Shakespeare
A 1622 London quarto printed by Augustine Mathewes for Thomas Dewe, sold from his shop in St Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street, presenting Shakespeare's play on King John for playgoers and readers. The first picture is a bold title-page line of roman and italic type, and the second is a woodcut device of two facing winged griffin-like beasts flanking a central shield on a scrolled banner, a compact ornament a designer could adapt for heraldic or emblem-style marks.
