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.; Brooke, Henry, active 18th century, former owner.; Comfort, Charles, active 19th century, former owner.
1632
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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.
Brooke, Henry, active 18th century, former owner.
Comfort, Charles, active 19th century, 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.
Brooke, Henry, active 18th century, former owner.
Comfort, Charles, active 19th century, 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.33
Folger-specific note
For Folger copy 33, 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 also all other prelims., [superscript pi]A1,3,4,6 and *⁴.
Wants port. (on title page).
Wants 3b6-end (including the colophon).
Leaf P5, distinctively thin, is supplied from another copy.
Imperfections affect text on a5, h6, and u4, slightly on d2 and 2n1, and very slightly on M4, Z3, n2, s3, 2n5, 2t4, and 3a1.
A list of the "Persons of the Play" has been written into the book (18th-cent., probably by the former owner, Henry Brooke) adjacent to the beginning or end of most of the plays (for LLL on an inserted leaf).
Inscribed "Henry Brooke" (18th-cent.) on a bookplate with motto "Vis Unita Fortior", front pastedown. Inscribed "Chas Comfort" (19th-cent.), front free endpaper recto.
Wants also all other prelims., [superscript pi]A1,3,4,6 and *⁴.
Wants port. (on title page).
Wants 3b6-end (including the colophon).
Leaf P5, distinctively thin, is supplied from another copy.
Imperfections affect text on a5, h6, and u4, slightly on d2 and 2n1, and very slightly on M4, Z3, n2, s3, 2n5, 2t4, and 3a1.
A list of the "Persons of the Play" has been written into the book (18th-cent., probably by the former owner, Henry Brooke) adjacent to the beginning or end of most of the plays (for LLL on an inserted leaf).
Inscribed "Henry Brooke" (18th-cent.) on a bookplate with motto "Vis Unita Fortior", front pastedown. Inscribed "Chas Comfort" (19th-cent.), front free endpaper recto.