The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke / by William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer.; Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.; Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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Title
The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke / by William Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Hamlet
Edition
Newly imprinted and inlarged, according to the true and perfect copy lastly printed.
Created/published
London : Printed by W.S. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet: vnder the Diall, [1625]
Description
[104] p. ; 21 cm (4to)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Mostly in verse.
W.S. is William Stansby (STC).
Printed in 1625; see Hailey, Carter. "The dating game: new evidence for the dates of Q4 Romeo and Juliet and Q4 Hamlet." Shakespeare quarterly (58.3 (2007): 367-387.
Signatures: A-N⁴; N4 blank.
Edition statement precedes author's name on title page
W.S. is William Stansby (STC).
Printed in 1625; see Hailey, Carter. "The dating game: new evidence for the dates of Q4 Romeo and Juliet and Q4 Hamlet." Shakespeare quarterly (58.3 (2007): 367-387.
Signatures: A-N⁴; N4 blank.
Edition statement precedes author's name on title page
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copy 1.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22278
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 197(d)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 881
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111101
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 197(d)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 881
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111101
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library PR2749 .H1 n.d. copy 2: "Written in the Margent: Frances Wolfreston Revealed", The Collation (21 June 2018)
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 1
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 2
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 2: "Written in the Margent: Frances Wolfreston Revealed", The Collation (21 June 2018)
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 3
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 1
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 2
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 2: "Written in the Margent: Frances Wolfreston Revealed", The Collation (21 June 2018)
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22278 copy 3
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22278 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs11. Wanting the blank leaf. The title leaf is torn and damaged, affecting imprint. Manuscript notes and markings. Stained. Bound (by Folger Library?) in limp vellum, with ties; previously unbound. Provenance: Henry Charles Harford copy; May 6, 1907 Folger purchase from Sotheby's Harford sale,lot 237
Call number
STC 22278 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Warwick. Imperfect: the title leaf is damaged and repaired, affecting the second line of the title; the affected letter is completed in manuscript ink. Wanting the blank leaf. A few manuscript markings. The title leaf, N2,3 are repaired; N1 is inlaid. A2 is extended in outer margin. Many leaves are untrimmed. Red goatskin binding signed by Frank Bedford. Provenance: faded inscription on A2r: "frances wolfreston hi[r?] boo[c?]k"; James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy; bookseller's (Sotheby's) sale catalogue entry for this copy pasted on front free endpaper (inscribed on facing fly-leaf: "Sotheby's ..."); bookplate of Warwick Castle, Shakespeare Library
Call number
STC 22278 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs452. Manuscript editorial notes (in the hand of Halliwell-Phillipps) on front free endpaper, front fly-leaf, and on M1r. A duplicate copy of leaf B2 is pasted, recto up, on back free endpaper. Many leaves are cropped, affecting direction-lines and some text; N1 and N4 remargined; many leaves are repaired at the corners. Red goatskin binding signed by Frank Bedford; stored in a dark green pull-off box. Provenance: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy (with his manuscript initials on the back free endpaper); Marsden J. Perry copy (Folger file)