Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630.; Condell, Henry, -1627.; Jaggard, Isaac, -1627, bookseller.; Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, bookseller.; Blount, Edward, active 1588-1632, bookseller.; Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.; Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.; Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.; Rich, Edward, Esq., signer.; Congreve, Ralph, b. not before 1623, signer.; Greenwood, Giles, active 1692, signer.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
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Title
Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies.
Uniform title
Plays. First Folio
Variant title
Folger copy 81, formerly known in scholarly circles as: Red fragments
Created/published
London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.
Description
[18], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, [2], 79-80, [26], 98, [2], 109-156, 257-993 [i.e. 399], [1] p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630.
Condell, Henry, -1627.
Jaggard, Isaac, -1627, bookseller.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, bookseller.
Blount, Edward, active 1588-1632, bookseller.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
Rich, Edward, Esq., signer.
Congreve, Ralph, b. not before 1623, signer.
Greenwood, Giles, active 1692, signer.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630.
Condell, Henry, -1627.
Jaggard, Isaac, -1627, bookseller.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, bookseller.
Blount, Edward, active 1588-1632, bookseller.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Jaggard, William, 1569-1623, printer.
Rich, Edward, Esq., signer.
Congreve, Ralph, b. not before 1623, signer.
Greenwood, Giles, active 1692, signer.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Note
Editors' dedication signed: Iohn Heminge. Henry Condell.
Colophon: Printed at the charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623.
Stationers' register: Entered to Blount and I. Jaggard 8 November [1623]
Printed by William Jaggard (Blayney p. 2-4)
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶([superscript pi]A1+1, [superscript pi]A5+1.2), A-2B⁶, 2C², a-g⁶, [superscript chi]2g⁸, h-v⁶, x⁴, "gg3.4"(±"gg3"), [par.]-2[par.]⁶, 3[par.]1, 2a-2f⁶, 2g², "Gg⁶", 2h⁶, 2k-3b⁶.
The title page ([superscript pi]A1+1) is letterpress except for a large portrait of Shakespeare, engraved by Martin Droeshout.
"The life and death of King Iohn" begins new pagination on leaf a1r; "The tragedy of Coriolanus" begins new pagination on leaf 2a1r.
Page 399 misnumbered '993'.
Printed in two columns.
Colophon: Printed at the charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623.
Stationers' register: Entered to Blount and I. Jaggard 8 November [1623]
Printed by William Jaggard (Blayney p. 2-4)
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶([superscript pi]A1+1, [superscript pi]A5+1.2), A-2B⁶, 2C², a-g⁶, [superscript chi]2g⁸, h-v⁶, x⁴, "gg3.4"(±"gg3"), [par.]-2[par.]⁶, 3[par.]1, 2a-2f⁶, 2g², "Gg⁶", 2h⁶, 2k-3b⁶.
The title page ([superscript pi]A1+1) is letterpress except for a large portrait of Shakespeare, engraved by Martin Droeshout.
"The life and death of King Iohn" begins new pagination on leaf a1r; "The tragedy of Coriolanus" begins new pagination on leaf 2a1r.
Page 399 misnumbered '993'.
Printed in two columns.
Publications about material
The first folio of Shakespeare / Peter W.M. Blayney. Washington D.C. : Folger Library Publications, c1991.
West, Anthony James. "How many first folios does the Folger hold?" Shakespeare quarterly, v. 47, no. 2 (summer 1996), p. 190-194.
Blayney, Peter W.M. "The Folger first folio fragments." (Unpublished notes, ca. 1993)
West, Anthony James. "How many first folios does the Folger hold?" Shakespeare quarterly, v. 47, no. 2 (summer 1996), p. 190-194.
Blayney, Peter W.M. "The Folger first folio fragments." (Unpublished notes, ca. 1993)
Cited/described in
West, A.J. Shakespeare first folio, 139
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111228
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22273
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111228
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22273
Linked resources
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 22273 Fo.1 no.81
Folger-specific note
Folger copy 81: Twenty-five plays (299 original and 9 facsimile leaves) in 16 volumes, bound in red goatskin with gold tooling and titling; edges gilt. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Imperfect: wanting all preliminary leaves (everything before A1), and the following plays: Tempest (A1-B4) ; Two gentlemen of Verona (B4-D1) ; Twelfth Night (Y2-Z6) ; Winter's tale (2A1-2C2) ; Henry V (h1-k2) ; Henry VI pts. 1-3 (k2-q4) ; Henry VIII (t3-x4) ; Titus Andronicus (2c4-2e2) ; and Cymbeline (2z3-3b6).
Folger copies 81 and 82 were made up at the same time.The best copy of each leaf went into this set; the second-best went into a similar set of volumes bound in green; facsimile leaves were replaced with originals as they came to hand. Assembled from a variety of sources, comprising D2-Y1, a1-[superscript chi]2g8, q5-t2, +'gg3'-2c3, 2e-2z2. Facsimile leaves are N4, R1, R6, S3 (an original S3, badly damaged, is loosely inserted), 2f5, 2g², 2G5, 2n6, 2t6. Each leaf is inlaid and taped into a case (except for facsimile leaves R1, R6, and 2G5, which are loose). Source copies include 'Copy X' (at least f4, f6, g2, g6, [superscript chi]2g2-3, 2n5, 2v5, 2x2, 2y1); 'large cross' copy (H4, a2, A6); 'Nursery promptbook' (2o6); 'Scene-numbered Hamlet' (2p4, reversed).
[v. 1]. Merry wives of Windsor -- [v. 2]. Measure for measure -- [v. 3]. Comedy of errors -- [v. 4]. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labours lost -- [v. 5]. Midsummer night's dream -- [v. 6]. Merchant of Venice -- [v. 7]. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well -- [v. 8]. King John -- [v. 9]. Richard II ; Henry IV pts. 1-2 -- [v. 10]. Richard III -- [v. 11]. Troilus and Cressida -- [v. 12]. Coriolanus -- [v. 13]. Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens -- [v. 14]. Julius Caesar -- [v. 15]. Macbeth ; Hamlet -- [v. 16]. King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra.
Not in Lee, S. Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : a census of extant copies -- Not in Lee, S. Notes and additions to the census of copies.
Imperfect: wanting all preliminary leaves (everything before A1), and the following plays: Tempest (A1-B4) ; Two gentlemen of Verona (B4-D1) ; Twelfth Night (Y2-Z6) ; Winter's tale (2A1-2C2) ; Henry V (h1-k2) ; Henry VI pts. 1-3 (k2-q4) ; Henry VIII (t3-x4) ; Titus Andronicus (2c4-2e2) ; and Cymbeline (2z3-3b6).
Folger copies 81 and 82 were made up at the same time.The best copy of each leaf went into this set; the second-best went into a similar set of volumes bound in green; facsimile leaves were replaced with originals as they came to hand. Assembled from a variety of sources, comprising D2-Y1, a1-[superscript chi]2g8, q5-t2, +'gg3'-2c3, 2e-2z2. Facsimile leaves are N4, R1, R6, S3 (an original S3, badly damaged, is loosely inserted), 2f5, 2g², 2G5, 2n6, 2t6. Each leaf is inlaid and taped into a case (except for facsimile leaves R1, R6, and 2G5, which are loose). Source copies include 'Copy X' (at least f4, f6, g2, g6, [superscript chi]2g2-3, 2n5, 2v5, 2x2, 2y1); 'large cross' copy (H4, a2, A6); 'Nursery promptbook' (2o6); 'Scene-numbered Hamlet' (2p4, reversed).
[v. 1]. Merry wives of Windsor -- [v. 2]. Measure for measure -- [v. 3]. Comedy of errors -- [v. 4]. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labours lost -- [v. 5]. Midsummer night's dream -- [v. 6]. Merchant of Venice -- [v. 7]. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well -- [v. 8]. King John -- [v. 9]. Richard II ; Henry IV pts. 1-2 -- [v. 10]. Richard III -- [v. 11]. Troilus and Cressida -- [v. 12]. Coriolanus -- [v. 13]. Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens -- [v. 14]. Julius Caesar -- [v. 15]. Macbeth ; Hamlet -- [v. 16]. King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra.
Not in Lee, S. Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : a census of extant copies -- Not in Lee, S. Notes and additions to the census of copies.
Folger accession
no case or acc. number present