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. The additional plays have separate pagings and signatures (20, 48, 50-53, 53-100 p. and sigs. a⁶ b⁴ *-4*⁴, [par.]A-[par.]B⁶ [par.]C-[par.]F⁴ [par.]G⁶).
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. The additional plays have separate pagings and signatures (20, 48, 50-53, 53-100 p. and sigs. a⁶ b⁴ *-4*⁴, [par.]A-[par.]B⁶ [par.]C-[par.]F⁴ [par.]G⁶).
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.10
Folger-specific note
Folger copy 10 wants the title leaf ([superscript pi]A2) and the "verses" leaf with port. ([superscript pi]A1); supplied in facsim.
Leaf [superscript pi]A3 is remargined, and [superscript pi]b5 is patched in the lower margin. Leaf [par.]G5 is patched along the inner margin, and [par.]G6 is extended.
Imperfections affect text slightly on Z5 and very slightly on E1, N5, 2Q1, 2R2,3, 3I5, 4A6, and [par.]G6.
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.
Mrs. George Swift copy.
Leaf [superscript pi]A3 is remargined, and [superscript pi]b5 is patched in the lower margin. Leaf [par.]G5 is patched along the inner margin, and [par.]G6 is extended.
Imperfections affect text slightly on Z5 and very slightly on E1, N5, 2Q1, 2R2,3, 3I5, 4A6, and [par.]G6.
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.
Mrs. George Swift copy.