Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. : Published according to the true originall copies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Stewart, Alexander Bannatyne, 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.
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 Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his shop Chancery Lane, neere Serjeants Inne, 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.
Stewart, Alexander Bannatyne, 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.
Stewart, Alexander Bannatyne, 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.
Note
Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632.
First issue, variant Ie, with [superscript pi]A5 recto ("Effigies" page) in state Ib--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 Ie, with [superscript pi]A5 recto ("Effigies" page) in state Ib--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), 22274c
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-15**
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-15**
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 22274 Fo.2 no.11
Folger-specific note
In Folger copy 11, port. (on title page) is in state 3.
Imperfections affect text very slightly on B1,2, L3, O5, R2, m5, u3,4, 2b6, 2h6, 2k6, and 2s5.
Manuscript additions include 16 lines of verse, rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter, that mention Othello, in an 18th-cent. hand (bleached) (*1 verso).
Alexander Bannatyne Stewart copy.
Imperfections affect text very slightly on B1,2, L3, O5, R2, m5, u3,4, 2b6, 2h6, 2k6, and 2s5.
Manuscript additions include 16 lines of verse, rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter, that mention Othello, in an 18th-cent. hand (bleached) (*1 verso).
Alexander Bannatyne Stewart copy.