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] 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'.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, November 2016 -January 2017. First Folio! Shakespeare’s American Tour. Opening: Henry VI, part 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), 22273 West, A.J. Shakespeare first folio, 108 English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111228
Folger copy 50 wants [superscript pi]A1; supplied in facsim. Port. (on title page) in state 3. Supplied from other copies are: H4, a1, l1, r1 or r6, and 2v3 or 2v4, and probably g6 and i6. Imperfections affect text slightly on F2, H2, and g2. See curatorial file for additional information, including variations not recorded here. The recto of 2f6 bears the original proof corrections. Other manuscript additions include inscription (now faint) "Thomas Polewheele" ([superscript pi]A5 recto), stage directions (Q4 verso and 2q4 verso), and emendations (Q6 recto). Alexander Smith Cochran-Elizabethan Club, Yale University copy. FILM Fo. 115.2a--Negative microfilm of Folger copy, STC 22273 no. 50 (16:1, 66 ft.). Not in Sidney Lee's Census of copies of the first folio, nor in his Notes & additions.
