Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. : Published according to the true originall copies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.; Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.; Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.; Smethwicke, John, -1641, bookseller.; Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller.; Meighen, Richard, active 1656, bookseller.; Killigrew, Judith, -1683, signer.
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 Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632.
Description
[20], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, 168, 269-419, [1] p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 35 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Note
Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632.
First issue, variant Ib, 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 Ib, 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), 22274a
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-15[dagger]
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1113-15[dagger]
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 22274 Fo.2 no.31
Folger-specific note
In Folger copy 31, [superscript pi]A1 (redounding the watermark of [superscript pi]A6, with edges patched or remargined) is supplied from another copy. Leaf [superscript pi]A2 (title leaf) is patched and restored in the upper outer corner, affecting the final S of SHAKESPEARES. Leaf *3 has a small patch in the lower outer corner. Some corners of 3d2-4 are patched, and 3d4 is extended and remargined at tail, affecting only rules on 3d4 recto.
Port. (on title page) in state 3.
Gathering 2y is misbound, with the 2nd and 3rd sheets transposed.
Imperfections affect text on H4 and 2k, slightly on 2C1, and very slightly on N4, O1, 2B1, c1, y3, 2f4, and 2m.
Inscribed on [superscript pi]A2 recto (title page) in a 17th-cent. hand "Judith Killigrew". Inscription on A1 bleached to illegibility.
Lightly corrected, passim, in an 18th- or a 19th-cent. hand.
Port. (on title page) in state 3.
Gathering 2y is misbound, with the 2nd and 3rd sheets transposed.
Imperfections affect text on H4 and 2k, slightly on 2C1, and very slightly on N4, O1, 2B1, c1, y3, 2f4, and 2m.
Inscribed on [superscript pi]A2 recto (title page) in a 17th-cent. hand "Judith Killigrew". Inscription on A1 bleached to illegibility.
Lightly corrected, passim, in an 18th- or a 19th-cent. hand.