Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies.

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Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies.

Plays

The third impression : and unto this impression is added seven playes, never before printed in folio ...

London : Printed for P. C., 1664.

[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.)

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).

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

Great Britain -- England -- London.

S2914 Fo.3 no.03

Folger copy 3 is a made-up copy comprising a base copy (mutilated at front and rear, water-stained, and damaged by fungus), many leaves from a smaller copy (inlaid), Oth. entire from another copy, and a few other leaves from other copies.

Wants the title leaf ([superscript pi]A2) and the "verses" leaf with port. ([superscript pi]A1); supplied in facsim.

Leaves [superscript pi]A3-[superscript pi]b6 are mutilated, affecting text, and inlaid. Leaf [superscript pi]b6 is misbound, fore-edge inward.

Wants 16 leaves, for some of which are supplied the leaves bearing the corresponding text in the 2nd Folio: D3.4 (supplied are 2nd Folio, D3.4, which are inlaid); H1; I1,5 (supplied are respectively 2nd Folio I1, which is remargined at the tail, and 2nd Folio I5, which is inlaid); N3.4 (supplied are 2nd Folio N3.4); 2I3.4; 3A2 (supplied is 2nd Folio y2, which is inlaid); 3I3.4; 3V3; 3Y6; 3Z1; and 4E2.3.

Supplied from other copies of the 3rd Folio are 39 other leaves: D2 (inlaid); I3,6 (both inlaid); K1 (inlaid); K6 (inlaid); S1; V1 (inlaid); 2F5,6 (both inlaid); 2H5,6 (both inlaid); 2N4 (remargined at the tail); 2O2 (inlaid); 2P4; 2R3 (inlaid); 3C3.4 (both inlaid); 3D3 (remargined at the tail); 3D5 (inlaid); 3F6 (inlaid); 3H5 (inlaid); 3O6 (remargined at the tail); 3P1 (remargined at the tail); 3Q2 (inlaid); 3X1-3Z4--Oth. entire and the first page of Antony (except 3Y6 and 3Z1, which are, as per above, wanting); [par.]A2 and [par.]A5--each supplied from a different copy (but both remargined at the outer margin), and [par.]D3 (inlaid).

Imperfections affect text on 2O2 (mutilated and patched; as per above, supplied from another copy), 3B3, 3L2, 3M6, 3O5 (mutilated and patched), 3Z6, and [par.]G5,6 (mutilated and patched); imperfections affect text slightly on 3B4 and very slightly on C2, S2, and X1.

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.

The base copy bears, passim, emendations in an early 19th-cent. hand (chiefly marginalia, cropped), with continual reference to "Tunno" or "Tunno MS" as the source (referring to Edward Rose Tunno?). Other leaves, including some of those supplied from other copies, are annotated in a later hand.

From the stock of Messrs. J. & J. Leighton, booksellers, London, sold in 1918 after the death of W. J. Leighton.