Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies.
1664
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Title
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies.
Uniform title
Plays
Edition
The third impression : and unto this impression is added seven playes, never before printed in folio ...
Created/published
London : Printed for P. C., 1664.
Description
[20], 568, 560-607, 609-658, 657-664, 667-715, 714-877, [1], 20, 48, 50-53, 53-100 p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 34 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Note
Printed for Philip Chetwind (ESTC).
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴(-[superscript pi]A1,2 +[superscript pi]A1.2) [superscript pi]b⁶ A-2A⁶ 2B⁸ 2C-4D⁶ 4E⁴ a⁶ b⁴ *-4*⁴, [par.]A-[par.]B⁶ [par.]C-[par.]F⁴ [par.]G⁶. (In all copies known, [superscript pi]A3 is missigned 'A2'.)
Printed by Roger Daniel (A-E, I-Z, 2G-3A, 3P-4E, a-b, *-4*, and [par.]A-[par.]G), John Hayes or Thomas Ratcliffe (F-H, 2A-2F, and 3I-3O), and Alice Warren (3B-3H). Cf. Greg p. 1117n2, 1705.
The additional plays, as listed on the title page, are: Pericles Prince of Tyre, The London prodigall, The history of Thomas Ld. Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, The puritan widow, A York-shire tragedy, and The tragedy of Locrine.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴(-[superscript pi]A1,2 +[superscript pi]A1.2) [superscript pi]b⁶ A-2A⁶ 2B⁸ 2C-4D⁶ 4E⁴ a⁶ b⁴ *-4*⁴, [par.]A-[par.]B⁶ [par.]C-[par.]F⁴ [par.]G⁶. (In all copies known, [superscript pi]A3 is missigned 'A2'.)
Printed by Roger Daniel (A-E, I-Z, 2G-3A, 3P-4E, a-b, *-4*, and [par.]A-[par.]G), John Hayes or Thomas Ratcliffe (F-H, 2A-2F, and 3I-3O), and Alice Warren (3B-3H). Cf. Greg p. 1117n2, 1705.
The additional plays, as listed on the title page, are: Pericles Prince of Tyre, The London prodigall, The history of Thomas Ld. Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, The puritan widow, A York-shire tragedy, and The tragedy of Locrine.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R30560
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), S2914
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1118-19
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), S2914
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1118-19
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
S2914 Fo.3 no.17
Folger-specific note
Folger copy 17 wants the title leaf ([superscript pi]A2) and the "verses" leaf with port. ([superscript pi]A1) and all else through M6 (prelims., Temp., Two Gent., Merry Wives, M. for M., Errors, Much Ado, and LLL).
Also wants N2-4, 2N2, 3L1, 3P5,6, 4C1-4E4 (Cymb.), and b1 through end (the end of Pericles and the rest of the additional plays entire).
Leaves a1-6 (beginning of Pericles) are misbound at the front of the book.
Leaves N1,5, R1, and a1 are mutilated and (except R1) patched, affecting text (only slightly on R1).
Other imperfections affect text slightly on 2Y1 and very slightly on S3, Y1, 2D6, and 2L1.
Variant states and printings, as recorded by James G. McManaway, "New discoveries in the Third Folio," PBSA, v. 70, (1976), 469-80, and other such variations, are identified in file.
Bookplates of Adam Sim Coulter and of J. Blackwood Greenshields, of Kerse.
Also wants N2-4, 2N2, 3L1, 3P5,6, 4C1-4E4 (Cymb.), and b1 through end (the end of Pericles and the rest of the additional plays entire).
Leaves a1-6 (beginning of Pericles) are misbound at the front of the book.
Leaves N1,5, R1, and a1 are mutilated and (except R1) patched, affecting text (only slightly on R1).
Other imperfections affect text slightly on 2Y1 and very slightly on S3, Y1, 2D6, and 2L1.
Variant states and printings, as recorded by James G. McManaway, "New discoveries in the Third Folio," PBSA, v. 70, (1976), 469-80, and other such variations, are identified in file.
Bookplates of Adam Sim Coulter and of J. Blackwood Greenshields, of Kerse.