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The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke / by VVilliam Shakespeare.

Hamlet

Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect coppy.

At London : Printed for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Saint Dunstons Church yeard in Fleetstreet. Vnder the Diall, 1611.

[104] p. ; 18 cm (4to)

Mostly in verse.
Printer conjectured by STC to be George Eld; Greg conjectures printer to be Valentine Simmes from ornament found on leaf B1.
Signatures: [A]² B-N⁴ O²; A1 blank.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 22277
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 197(c)
English short title catalogue, S111103

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22277 copy 1
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22277 copy 2
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22277 copy 3

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 22277 copy 1

cs0900. Faded manuscript markings (dates?) on title leaf verso. Trimmed at head, affecting some headlines. Bound in red goatskin, signed by Frank Bedford. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William Gott (motto "nec temere nec timide"); James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy (inscribed on back free endpaper: "Halliwell sale no. 315 1858" (see bookseller's (Sotheran) catalogue entry for this and another copy tipped to front fly-leaf)); bought of Bishop Gott, through Sotheran, July 1906 (Folger file). Curatorial file available.

STC 22277 copy 2

cs0900. Blank [A]1 is bound after title-leaf [A]2. Manuscript markings (mathematical figures) on N4v. Manuscript notes on back fly-leaves. Bound in half-blue goatskin. Provenance: Charles Jennens copy; William P.A. Curzon copy; Howe family library copy

STC 22277 copy 3

cs0900. Imperfect: wanting the title leaf and the blank (gathering [A]). Each leaf is trimmed and inlaid; the final leaf is mounted. Manuscript notes (editorial corrections and collations (i.e. with another edition?) (in the hand of George Steevens?) and manuscript markings. Divided into acts and scenes in manuscript pencil. Cropped, affecting headlines, direction-lines, and some text. Red goatskin armorial binding, stamped "Kemble Collection" on the front cover and signed by Birdsall, Northampton. Provenance: on B1r: inscribed: "Ge. [George] Steevens"; armorial stamp of John Ker, 3rd duke of Roxburghe; and inscribed: "Collated & Perfect J.P.K. [John Philip Kemble] 1814"; Devonshire library copy; Huntington Library duplicate copy; April 24, 1918 Huntington Library, Anderson sale, lot 439 (Folger file)