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Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. : Published according to the true originall copies.

  • Accession number

    81000014

  • Class

    SR - OS - 37/1623

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    [18], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, [2], 79-80, [26], 98, [2], 109-156, 257-993 [i.e. 399], [1] p. ; 2°.

  • Credit line

    Image courtesy of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

General note: Editors' dedication signed: Iohn Heminge. Henry Condell. Mostly in verse. With an engraved title-page portrait of the author signed: "Martin· Droeshout: sculpsit· London." There is a shadow on the collar. An early state has no shadow. Colophon reads: Printed at the charges of W. Iaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley. 1623. The title page is an insert. "The life and death of King Iohn" begins new pagination on leaf a1r; "The tragedy of Coriolanus" begins new pagination on leaf 2a1r. P. 399 misnumbered 993. For details see Hinman, Charleton. The printing and proof-reading of the First Folio of Shakespeare: Oxford, 1963. Entered to Blount and I. Jaggard 8 November [1623] Lee Census 107, Class IIC, West 36; all preliminaries are "Harris" facsimiles, Henry VIII possibly taken from another collection, all other text present; minor stains, burns and repairs; MS. ink notes on 2T5v UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 22273 Greg, III, p. 1109-12 Pforzheimer, 905 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1958. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640: 774:11). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink signatures on 2F2v: "S. Madden" and 2H6v: "S. Madden August 25th 1705"; acquired by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps c.1865 (note on flyleaf records details); purchased by Charles Edward Flower 1 July 1889 from sale of Halliwell-Phillipps' books at Sothebys (note signed by Flower); presented by Charles Edward Flower in 1889 to the Shakespeare Memorial Library; deposited by the RSC UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Bound by F. Bedford in dark red full leather, simple gold decoration to spine UK-SuSCL