Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. : Published according to the true originall copies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.; Williamson, Alice, active 18th century, signer.; Bealy, Mary, signer.; Colston, Robert, signer.; Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.; Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.; Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.; Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.; Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.
1632
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Title
Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. : Published according to the true originall copies.
Uniform title
Plays
Edition
The second impression.
Created/published
London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632.
Description
[20], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, 168, 269-419, [1] p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 34 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Williamson, Alice, active 18th century, signer.
Bealy, Mary, signer.
Colston, Robert, signer.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.
Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Williamson, Alice, active 18th century, signer.
Bealy, Mary, signer.
Colston, Robert, signer.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.
Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.
Note
Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632.
First issue, variant Ib, with (exceptionally) [superscript pi]A5 recto ("Effigies" page) in state Ia--as formulated by William B. Todd, "Issues and states of the Second Folio and Milton's epitaph on Shakespeare," Studies in bibliography, v. 5 (1952-53), p. 81-108.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ *⁴ A-2B⁶ 2C² a-3c⁶ 3d⁴.
First issue, variant Ib, with (exceptionally) [superscript pi]A5 recto ("Effigies" page) in state Ia--as formulated by William B. Todd, "Issues and states of the Second Folio and Milton's epitaph on Shakespeare," Studies in bibliography, v. 5 (1952-53), p. 81-108.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ *⁴ A-2B⁶ 2C² a-3c⁶ 3d⁴.
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), 22274a
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-15[dagger]
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-15[dagger]
Linked resources
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 22274 Fo.2 no.14
Folger-specific note
In Folger copy 14, [superscript pi]A1 is wanting (supplied in facsim.), and the other leaves of the prelim. gathering and *1.4 are mounted, or remargined in whole or in part, or patched. Mutilations affect two letters on [superscript pi]A2 recto (title page): SH of SHAKESPEARES. Leaves [superscript pi]A5,6 are misbound after [superscript pi]A2. Leaves *2.3 are misbound after [superscript pi]A3.
Port. (on title page) in state 3.
Leaf 2e2 is wanting; in place is a facsimile of Fo. 1, 2b5 verso and 2b6 recto (printed respectively on the recto and verso of one leaf). Leaf 2e5 is wanting; in place is a facsim. of Fo. 1, 2c2 verso and 2c3 recto (printed respectively on the recto and verso of one leaf). Leaves 2v3.4 are wanting; in place are facsims. of Fo. 1, 2s5,6. Leaf 3d4 is wanting (including the colophon); supplied in manuscript facsim.
Imperfections affect text on e5, slightly on O3, V5, a1, 6, 2a4, 2k5, 2n1, and 3a3.4, and very slightly on A1, K3, V6.
Pages l4 verso-m1 recto of 1 Hen. VI are annotated in an 18th-cent. hand. Most of Lear (pages 2s2 recto-2t6 verso) is annotated by a different 18th-cent. hand with marginal "X"s, underlining, and one emendation.
Bears inscriptions: Alice Williamson (in blind, 18th-cent.) on Q1 recto, and likewise Alice Wil on Y3 recto; Mary Bealy (18th-cent.) on 2i1 verso; and Robert Colston (18th-cent.) on 3a6 verso.
Fragment of an unidentified bookplate inside the front cover.
Port. (on title page) in state 3.
Leaf 2e2 is wanting; in place is a facsimile of Fo. 1, 2b5 verso and 2b6 recto (printed respectively on the recto and verso of one leaf). Leaf 2e5 is wanting; in place is a facsim. of Fo. 1, 2c2 verso and 2c3 recto (printed respectively on the recto and verso of one leaf). Leaves 2v3.4 are wanting; in place are facsims. of Fo. 1, 2s5,6. Leaf 3d4 is wanting (including the colophon); supplied in manuscript facsim.
Imperfections affect text on e5, slightly on O3, V5, a1, 6, 2a4, 2k5, 2n1, and 3a3.4, and very slightly on A1, K3, V6.
Pages l4 verso-m1 recto of 1 Hen. VI are annotated in an 18th-cent. hand. Most of Lear (pages 2s2 recto-2t6 verso) is annotated by a different 18th-cent. hand with marginal "X"s, underlining, and one emendation.
Bears inscriptions: Alice Williamson (in blind, 18th-cent.) on Q1 recto, and likewise Alice Wil on Y3 recto; Mary Bealy (18th-cent.) on 2i1 verso; and Robert Colston (18th-cent.) on 3a6 verso.
Fragment of an unidentified bookplate inside the front cover.