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.; Saint George, E., active 18th century, associated name.; Saint George, George Saint-George, Baron, approximately 1658-1735, former owner.; Hayden, William, active 18th century, former owner.; Clarke, Anne, active 18th century, former owner.; W. C., active 18th century, associated name.; Coogan, Patrick, active 18th century, associated name.; Moore, active 19th century, associated name.
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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.
Saint George, E., active 18th century, associated name.
Saint George, George Saint-George, Baron, approximately 1658-1735, former owner.
Hayden, William, active 18th century, former owner.
Clarke, Anne, active 18th century, former owner.
W. C., active 18th century, associated name.
Coogan, Patrick, active 18th century, associated name.
Moore, active 19th century, associated name.
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.
Saint George, E., active 18th century, associated name.
Saint George, George Saint-George, Baron, approximately 1658-1735, former owner.
Hayden, William, active 18th century, former owner.
Clarke, Anne, active 18th century, former owner.
W. C., active 18th century, associated name.
Coogan, Patrick, active 18th century, associated name.
Moore, active 19th century, associated name.
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
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 22274 Fo.2 no.49
Folger-specific note
For Folger copy 49, 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 [superscript pi]A1,3,4,6.
Wants port. (on title page).
Wants *1.
Wants 3b1-end (all of Cymb., including the colophon).
Wants 2f2-5 (part of Titus).
The upper outer corner of X5,6 and of Y1 is mutilated, affecting text on X5,6. Leaf X6 is patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript (early 18th-cent.).
The lower outer corner of a4 is mutilated, affecting text.
The lower outer corner of 2z6 and of 3a1-6 is mutilated. The corner of 2z6 and of 3a3 is patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript (early 18th-cent.). Traces of manuscript on 3a1,4,5 indicate that the corner of those leaves was once patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript Leaf 3a6 was probably once patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript Leaf 3a5 is mutilated at the head, affecting text, and 3a6 at the upper outer corner, affecting text.
Other imperfections affect text slightly on 2d2 and very slightly on A5, B5, Z3, 2B3, a3, 2b3, 2h3, and 2t4.
Some head rules and headlines are shaved or cropped; list on file.
Inscribed "E St George" (18th-cent.), A1 recto. Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "George St george his book and god convert him I am yr humble Servant to command", 2q1 recto. Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "George St george is a rouge [i.e., rogue] and owns ths booke. Per me Scripta Georgius St. george november the 25--Anno domini 1711" and, in mirror writing, again "george St george is a rouge [i.e., rogue]", 3a6 verso.
Inscribed (19th cent.) "Moore", M2 verso.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "William: Hayden His Booke:" and again "Will Hayden His Booke", 2c3 recto.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "Anne Clarke her hand and book the lord of heaven upon her", 2d1 verso, and "Ann Clarke", 2t3 recto.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "W. C.", 2q1 recto.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "Patrick Coogan his hand", 2t3 recto.
An inscription on S5 recto is cropped and undecipherable.
Manuscript additions (early 18th-cent.) on the verso of H2,3,4 indicate that H3.4 was once bound inside out.
Other manuscript additions (all early 18th-cent.) include emendations and corrections on H4 recto (Errors), I3 recto (Much Ado), L4 verso and L5 recto (LLL), f1 verso (1 Hen. IV), and 2l5 verso and 2l6 verso (Caesar).
Wants also [superscript pi]A1,3,4,6.
Wants port. (on title page).
Wants *1.
Wants 3b1-end (all of Cymb., including the colophon).
Wants 2f2-5 (part of Titus).
The upper outer corner of X5,6 and of Y1 is mutilated, affecting text on X5,6. Leaf X6 is patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript (early 18th-cent.).
The lower outer corner of a4 is mutilated, affecting text.
The lower outer corner of 2z6 and of 3a1-6 is mutilated. The corner of 2z6 and of 3a3 is patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript (early 18th-cent.). Traces of manuscript on 3a1,4,5 indicate that the corner of those leaves was once patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript Leaf 3a6 was probably once patched, with the missing text supplied in manuscript Leaf 3a5 is mutilated at the head, affecting text, and 3a6 at the upper outer corner, affecting text.
Other imperfections affect text slightly on 2d2 and very slightly on A5, B5, Z3, 2B3, a3, 2b3, 2h3, and 2t4.
Some head rules and headlines are shaved or cropped; list on file.
Inscribed "E St George" (18th-cent.), A1 recto. Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "George St george his book and god convert him I am yr humble Servant to command", 2q1 recto. Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "George St george is a rouge [i.e., rogue] and owns ths booke. Per me Scripta Georgius St. george november the 25--Anno domini 1711" and, in mirror writing, again "george St george is a rouge [i.e., rogue]", 3a6 verso.
Inscribed (19th cent.) "Moore", M2 verso.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "William: Hayden His Booke:" and again "Will Hayden His Booke", 2c3 recto.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "Anne Clarke her hand and book the lord of heaven upon her", 2d1 verso, and "Ann Clarke", 2t3 recto.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "W. C.", 2q1 recto.
Inscribed (early 18th-cent.) "Patrick Coogan his hand", 2t3 recto.
An inscription on S5 recto is cropped and undecipherable.
Manuscript additions (early 18th-cent.) on the verso of H2,3,4 indicate that H3.4 was once bound inside out.
Other manuscript additions (all early 18th-cent.) include emendations and corrections on H4 recto (Errors), I3 recto (Much Ado), L4 verso and L5 recto (LLL), f1 verso (1 Hen. IV), and 2l5 verso and 2l6 verso (Caesar).