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Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. : Published according to the true originall copies.

Accession number
PML 5126
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
London, : Printed by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632.
Credit line
Purchased in 1896.
Notes
Colophon, sig. 3d4r / (as cited in Greg).
Title and imprint from Greg.
Edited by John Heminge and Henry Condell.
PML copy with 'To the Reader' leaf inserted from another copy or tipped-in when rebound.
Description
[20], 303, [1], 46, 49-100, [2], 69-232, 168, 269-419, [1] p.: 1 port.; 34 cm
Provenance
R. Edgcumbe, signature (recto of 'To the Reader'); Walter Fawkes (1769-1825), of Farnely Hall, letter to Wrangham tipped in; Francis Wrangham (1769-1842), inscription recording gift of book from Fawkes, 1813; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Sotheran, 11 June 1896 (in group including all 4 Folios and vellum Gutenberg).
Binding
17th/18th-century diced calf over paper boards. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves; all edges gilt. Hinges repaired.
Classification
Department