Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies ...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.; Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.; Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.; Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.; Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.; Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.; Hall, Elizabeth, active 19th century, former owner.; Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner.
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Title
Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies ...
Uniform title
Plays
Edition
The second impression.
Created/published
London : Printed by Tho. Cotes ..., 1632.
Description
[20], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, 168, 269-419, [1] p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 33 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.
Hall, Elizabeth, active 19th century, former owner.
Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.
Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.
Hall, Elizabeth, active 19th century, former owner.
Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner.
Note
Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ *⁴ A-2B⁶ 2C² a-3c⁶ 3d⁴.
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), 22274-22274e.5
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-16
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-16
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 22274 Fo.2 no.39
Folger-specific note
For Folger copy 39, the issue is indeterminate, 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. Wants both [superscript pi]A2 (title leaf) and [superscript pi]A5 ("Effigies" leaf).
Wants port. (on title page).
Wants also [superscript pi]A1. The leaves wanting from the prelims. are supplied in facsim. A patch affects text on 3d4 recto.
Leaves [superscript pi]A3,4,6 are patched without affecting text.
Leaves 2A5,6 and 2B1, distinctively thick, are probably supplied from another copy. Leaves t3,4 are wanting; supplied are 1st Folio leaves s1,2 bearing the corresponding text--patched at tail and (1st Folio s2) at lower outer corner, affecting text on 1st Folio s2.
Imperfections affect text on Y2-5, slightly on A6 and h4, and very slightly on K4, N4, Q1, m2,3, and 2l4.
Inscribed "Elizabeth Halls Book" (19th-cent.), A1 recto.
Bookplate of Michael Tomkinson.
Wants port. (on title page).
Wants also [superscript pi]A1. The leaves wanting from the prelims. are supplied in facsim. A patch affects text on 3d4 recto.
Leaves [superscript pi]A3,4,6 are patched without affecting text.
Leaves 2A5,6 and 2B1, distinctively thick, are probably supplied from another copy. Leaves t3,4 are wanting; supplied are 1st Folio leaves s1,2 bearing the corresponding text--patched at tail and (1st Folio s2) at lower outer corner, affecting text on 1st Folio s2.
Imperfections affect text on Y2-5, slightly on A6 and h4, and very slightly on K4, N4, Q1, m2,3, and 2l4.
Inscribed "Elizabeth Halls Book" (19th-cent.), A1 recto.
Bookplate of Michael Tomkinson.