Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies.
1663
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Title
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies.
Uniform title
Plays
Edition
The third impression.
Created/published
London : Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1663.
Description
[20], 568, 560-607, 609-658, 657-664, 667-715, 714-877, [1], 20, 48, 50-53, 53-100 p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 32 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.
Issued with seven plays added in this edition, which 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): 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.
Issued with seven plays added in this edition, which 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): 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), R212954
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.), S2913
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1116-17, 1705
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.), S2913
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1116-17, 1705
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
S2914 Fo.3 no.04
Folger-specific note
Folger copy 4 has no title leaf proper to this edition, neither the cancellandum title leaf (-[superscript pi]A2) nor the cancellans title leaf (+[superscript pi]A2); supplied in facsim.
Has the "verses", on the facing page--the verso of the cancellandum "verses" leaf (-[superscript pi]A1), that are associated with two of the three title pages proper to this edition--those on the recto of the cancellandum title leaf (-[superscript pi]A2), in state 1 with space on the title page for a port. left blank, in state 2 with a port. on the t.p.
Wants port.
Leaf [superscript pi]A3 is extended and remargined. Leaf [superscript pi]A4 has the outer margin patched, shaving the catchword. Leaves [superscript pi]b3,6 have, on the verso, text shaved along the outer margin.
Wanting the seven plays added in this edition.
Imperfections affect text on 2G2 (patched) and 2Z6 (patched), slightly on R3 and 3F3, and very slightly on C3, V6, 2I2, 2S5, 2T5, 3K6 (patched), and 3Q5.
On some pages the head rule is shaved or cropped, and on a few pages the head rule is cropped and the headline shaved. On a few pages the side rule is shaved. (Record of these imperfections on file.)
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.
Bookplate of Geo. Wynch, Esqr., annotated
Has the "verses", on the facing page--the verso of the cancellandum "verses" leaf (-[superscript pi]A1), that are associated with two of the three title pages proper to this edition--those on the recto of the cancellandum title leaf (-[superscript pi]A2), in state 1 with space on the title page for a port. left blank, in state 2 with a port. on the t.p.
Wants port.
Leaf [superscript pi]A3 is extended and remargined. Leaf [superscript pi]A4 has the outer margin patched, shaving the catchword. Leaves [superscript pi]b3,6 have, on the verso, text shaved along the outer margin.
Wanting the seven plays added in this edition.
Imperfections affect text on 2G2 (patched) and 2Z6 (patched), slightly on R3 and 3F3, and very slightly on C3, V6, 2I2, 2S5, 2T5, 3K6 (patched), and 3Q5.
On some pages the head rule is shaved or cropped, and on a few pages the head rule is cropped and the headline shaved. On a few pages the side rule is shaved. (Record of these imperfections on file.)
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.
Bookplate of Geo. Wynch, Esqr., annotated