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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.; Loveden, Edward Loveden, -1822, former owner.; Loveden, Pryse, 1815-1855, former owner.; Knight, C. J., 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) ; 32 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.
Loveden, Edward Loveden, -1822, former owner.
Loveden, Pryse, 1815-1855, former owner.
Knight, C. J., 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.
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
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 22274 Fo.2 no.12
Folger-specific note
For Folger copy 12, 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 3d⁴ (including the colophon). A leaf is inserted at end that bears in manuscript (18th-cent.) the text proper to 3d4 recto, on the recto, and "The Tragedy of Cymbeline. Dramatis Personae", on the verso.

Wants: A1 (supplied is 1st Folio leaf A1, bearing the corresponding text); D1; and M6.

Supplied from another copy are: d6 (inserted loose; a portion at the tail of the each column of text has been neatly excised); k5; o6; 2e4; 2e5 (probably supplied); 2f1; and 2h3 (likely supplied).

A short and narrow copy; many marginal rules are shaved or cropped, and text is shaved passim.

Other imperfections affect text on D2, slightly on E1 and n5, and very slightly on E4, 2d2, and 2n1.

Manuscript additions include a few emendations passim and several in Romeo (2g5 verso-2i5 verso).

Bookplate of Edward Loveden Loveden. Bookplate of C.J. and E. Knight.