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The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke / by William Shakespeare.

Hamlet

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

At London : Printed by I.R. for N.L. and are to be sold at his shoppe vnder Saint Dunstons Church in Fleetstreet, 1604.

[102] p. ; 19 cm (4to)

Mostly in verse.
Printer's name from STC; with Nicholas Ling's device on the title page.
Signatures: [A]1 B-N⁴ O².
Leaf O2 mis-signed G2.
Running title reads: The tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke.
A variant (STC 22276a) has imprint date 1605.

Signatures from DFo.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 60)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Shakespeare, Life of an Icon. January 20th - March 27th, 2016. Opening: C3r - 4v.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22276
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 197 (b*)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111107

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 22276

cs0063. Imperfect: the title leaf is stained and damaged at the tail, affecting the bottom line of the imprint. Manuscript note on t.p. Trimmed closely at the tail, affecting direction-lines and slightly affecting some text. Gatherings I-O are torn away and backed at the lower outer corners, with loss of text and catchwords, which are supplied in manuscript. Stained. Rebound at the Folger in 1979; previously bound in 1/2 blue morocco and brown paper boards. Provenance: Charles Jennens copy; William P.A. Curzon copy; Howe family library copy