Othello, the Moor of Venice : a tragedy, as it hath been divers times acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers, and now at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesties Servants / written by William Shakespeare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Leake, William, -1681, bookseller.

Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller.

Magnes, Mary, bookseller.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Othello

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare)--Drama.

Othello.

Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare).

English drama (Tragedy)--17th century.

English drama (Tragedy).

Genre:

Drama.

Sprinkled calf bindings (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor) (copies 1, 2 & 4)

Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (copies 1, 2 & 4)

Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia (donor) (copy 1)

Norris, Charles Camblos, 1876- (donor) (copy 3)

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (autograph) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 76 pages ; 23 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Moor of Venice

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W. Weak, and are to be sold by Richard Bentley and M. Magnes in Russel Street near Covent-Garden, 1681.

Notes:

4th ed.

No "W. Weak" was known to be active as a publisher or bookseller in London during this period. Pforzheimer and Wing suggest that this name may be a misprint, with William Leake having in fact been the bookseller in question.

Signatures: [A]² B-K⁴ L²

Page 75 misnumbered 57.

Title page vignette.

Local Notes:

Copy 1 possibly presented to the Shakspeare Society of Philadelphia by J.O. Halliwell [later Halliwell-Phillipps].

Copy 1 imperfect: second leaf wanting; title leaf mounted; closely cropped at lower margin with partial loss of imprint, signatures and catchwords.

Copy 2 imperfect: first two leaves (including title leaf) wanting; closely cropped at top and bottom margins, with loss of text, running title, pagination, and signatures.

Copy 3 has first, second, and last leaves mended at margins.

Copy 4 has a ms. note by Horace Howard Furness with bibliographical information about this edition on front free endpaper; a few other bibliographical notes by Furness in margins; with Furness's autograph and bookplate.

Cited in:

Bartlett, H.C. Shakespeare early editions, 106

ESTC R17174

Pforzheimer, 893

Wing (2nd ed.) S2940

Bartlett and Pollard. Census, p.76.

Woodward and McManaway 1123

Other Format:

Online version: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, the Moor of Venice.

OCLC:

4870502