Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies : unto which is added, seven plays, never before printed in folio ...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Bavand, Robert, 1673-1741, former owner.; Morris, William, 1834-1896, former owner.; Bennett, Richard, 1844-1900, former owner.; Rawnsley, W. F. (Willingham Franklin), 1845-1927, former owner.; Herringman, Henry, -1704, bookseller, publisher.; Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller, publisher.; Brewster, Edward, active 1654-1699, bookseller, publisher.
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Title
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies : unto which is added, seven plays, never before printed in folio ...
Uniform title
Plays
Edition
The fourth edition.
Created/published
London : Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-yard, and in Russel-Street Covent Garden, 1685.
Description
[12], 96, 99-160, 163-254, 243 [i.e. 253]-272, [2], 328, 303, [1] p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 37 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Bavand, Robert, 1673-1741, former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896, former owner.
Bennett, Richard, 1844-1900, former owner.
Rawnsley, W. F. (Willingham Franklin), 1845-1927, former owner.
Herringman, Henry, -1704, bookseller, publisher.
Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller, publisher.
Brewster, Edward, active 1654-1699, bookseller, publisher.
Bavand, Robert, 1673-1741, former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896, former owner.
Bennett, Richard, 1844-1900, former owner.
Rawnsley, W. F. (Willingham Franklin), 1845-1927, former owner.
Herringman, Henry, -1704, bookseller, publisher.
Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller, publisher.
Brewster, Edward, active 1654-1699, bookseller, publisher.
Note
Signatures: [pi]² [superscript pi]A⁴ A-Y⁶ Z⁴ 2B-2Z⁶ *3A-*3D⁶ *3E⁸ 3A-4B⁶ 4C².
The prelim. gathering [superscript pi]A (and probably the prelim. gathering [pi]) and the first section of the book, A-Z, were printed by Robert Roberts. Cf. Fredson Bowers, "Robert Roberts, a printer of Shakespeare's Fourth Folio," Shakespeare quarterly, v. 2 (1951), 241-46.
The additional plays, as listed on the title page are: Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London prodigal. The history of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The puritan widow. A Yorkshire tragedy. The tragedy of Locrine.
The prelim. gathering [superscript pi]A (and probably the prelim. gathering [pi]) and the first section of the book, A-Z, were printed by Robert Roberts. Cf. Fredson Bowers, "Robert Roberts, a printer of Shakespeare's Fourth Folio," Shakespeare quarterly, v. 2 (1951), 241-46.
The additional plays, as listed on the title page are: Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London prodigal. The history of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The puritan widow. A Yorkshire tragedy. The tragedy of Locrine.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), S2915
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1119-21*
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, p. 1119-21*
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
S2915 Fo.4 no.34
Folger-specific note
Folger copy 34 wants "verses" leaf with port. ([pi]1); supplied in facsim. Title leaf ([pi]2) is mounted. Leaf 4C1 is patched in the upper outer corner and completed in manuscript facsim. Imperfections affect text slightly on 2D3, 2L4, and 3A2 and very slightly on 2K1, 2U1, and *3A2. Robert Bavand-William Morris-Richard Bennett-Willingham Franklin Rawnsley copy. William Morris's book label (Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, D10 1) on front pastedown. Signed "William Morris" (189-) on front free endpaper recto. Signed "William Morris 26 Queen Square Bloomsbury" (1866-1880) on front flyleaf recto. Signed "Willingham Rawnsley, Park Hill, Lyndhurst" (ca. 1900-1910) on front pastedown. Signed "Rt Bavand aen Nas Oxon", i.e., by Robert Bavand, of Brasenose College, Oxford (early 18th-cent.). Probably bound to William Morris's specifications: in vellum over boards, ruled in blind, with fore-edges extended by flaps and with silk ties (wanting except for one trace), edges stained red, spine hand-lettered in black ink. With a facsim. of William Marshall's engraved port. of Shakespeare, incl. 8 lines of verse, "This Shadowe ..." ("Published by Baldwyn, Catherine St., Strand, London"), the imprint effaced; Harvard College Library. Theatre Collection. Catalogue of Dramatic Portraits. IV, 32, #14. (The original by Marshall, after Martin Droeshout, was used as the front. of Shakespeare's Poems, 1640; Corbett & Norton. Engraving in England, III, 103, #89.) Mounted on the front flyleaf verso.