Accession number
Heineman 695
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
[London, England] : Published and sold at the Doves Press, MDCCCCXII [1912]
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
Written by William Shakespeare.
At foot of title: "(1593)."
Epigraph from Ovid's Amores 1.15 "Vilia miretur vulgus : mihi flauus Apollo Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua" follows title.
Imprint from colophon.
"Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at The Doves Press, 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, from the text of the first edition imprinted by Richard Field, 1593, with such changes only as are set out opposite. 200 copies on paper and 15 copies on vellum. Compositor: William Jenkins. Pressmen: H. Gage-Cole & Albert Lewis."--Colophon.
Signatures: a-c⁸ d⁶.
Title page printed in red (epigram) and black; fly title initials, first initial in poem, dedication page and colophon printed in red.
First leaf blank except for signature letter "a."
Pages [2], [4], [6] and final page are blank.
"Errata in first edition corrected"--Page [59].
Text printed on Batchelor laid paper (Tidcombe 2B), watermarked with two doves within circle, and initials T J C-S.
Library copy on vellum.
At foot of title: "(1593)."
Epigraph from Ovid's Amores 1.15 "Vilia miretur vulgus : mihi flauus Apollo Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua" follows title.
Imprint from colophon.
"Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at The Doves Press, 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, from the text of the first edition imprinted by Richard Field, 1593, with such changes only as are set out opposite. 200 copies on paper and 15 copies on vellum. Compositor: William Jenkins. Pressmen: H. Gage-Cole & Albert Lewis."--Colophon.
Signatures: a-c⁸ d⁶.
Title page printed in red (epigram) and black; fly title initials, first initial in poem, dedication page and colophon printed in red.
First leaf blank except for signature letter "a."
Pages [2], [4], [6] and final page are blank.
"Errata in first edition corrected"--Page [59].
Text printed on Batchelor laid paper (Tidcombe 2B), watermarked with two doves within circle, and initials T J C-S.
Library copy on vellum.
Description
57, [3] pages ; 24 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by Cobden-Sanderson below colophon: "This is the 16th or Retice(?) Copy on Vellum. C.-S."
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman.
Binding
Gilt-tooled dark blue morocco by Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, 1921.
Classification
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