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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy in five acts / by William Shakespeare, Esq. ; with explanatory notes ; the whole being carefully printed from S. Johnson's and G. Steevens's edition of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; Sammer, Rudolph, bookseller.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy in five acts / by William Shakespeare, Esq. ; with explanatory notes ; the whole being carefully printed from S. Johnson's and G. Steevens's edition of Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Hamlet
Created/published
Vienna [Austria] : Printed for R. Sammer, bookseller, MDCCC [1800]
Description
231, [5] p. ; 15 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800.
Sammer, Rudolph, bookseller.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
A reprint of Johnson-Steevens' text, probably from the 1778 or the 1785 edition, from one of which the Steevens' criticism beginning on p. 195 is certainly taken. Notes are selected and condensed (Folger card catalog).

Front wrapper: Pocket-library or the most eminent works of English poets and prosaist; spine: pocket-library, vol.; back wrapper: printed for R. Sammer, bookseller at Vienna.

Signatures: [A]⁸ B-T⁸̊·⁴ U².

Not in Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography.

With a half-title; errata on leaf (T8v); and 2 final leaves of booksellers' advertisements.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), N32534
Genre/form
Booksellers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Austria -- Vienna.

Call number
PR2807 1800 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In cloth binding. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs553
Call number
PR2807 1800 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Yellow slip marked 5 removed from between leaves D2-3, removed to curatorial file. In original printed wrappers.
Folger accession
6814
Call number
PR2807 1800 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs422