Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, histories, and tragedies : Published according to the true original coppies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Holt, John.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Timon of Athens.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism, Textual.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism, Textual.

Penn Provenance:

Gilpin, George (bookplate) (copy 1)

Furness, Horace Howard (bookplate) (copy 2)

Physical Description:

20 unnumbered pages, 877, that is, 887, 20, 100 pages : portrait ; 34 cm (folio)

Edition:

The third impression. And unto this impression is added seven playes, never before printed in folio. viz. Pericles prince of Tyre. The London prodigall. The history of Thomas Ld. Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan widow. A York-shire tragedy. The tragedy of Locrine.

Other Title:

Comedies, histories, and tragedies.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for P.C., 1664.

Notes:

Signatures: [superscript pi]A b A-2A 2B 2C-4D 4E a b *-4* [par.]A-[par.]B [par.]C-[par.]F [par.]G [missigning [superscript pi]A3 as A2, 3B3 as 2B3, not signing 3D3, missigning [par.]A3 as 5*3 and [par.]B3 as [par.]B2].

Pagination (from Greg): 1-877 [misnumbering 39 as 36, 108 as 56, (109 as 111), (120 as 119), 196 as 194, 201 as 103, 203 as 103, 223 as 123, (284 as 282), 373 as 374, 428 as 433, 433 as 428, (486 as 496), (495 as 485), repeating 560-568, misnumbering 576 as 556, (579 as 559), omitting 608, misnumbering 619 as 617, (650-651 as 649-650),

(Pagination cont.) 659 as 657, (660 as 658), 661 as 659, 662 as 660 or 646, 663 as 661 or 655, 664-666 as 662-664, repeating 714-715, misnumbering 779 as 787, 798 as 799, 858 as 859, (861 as 961), 868 as 669, 873 as 973, 875 as 879, 876 as 990, (877 as 881); (last count) (12-3 as 4-5), 18 as 16, (27 as 30), (30 as 37), (36 as 41), (41 as 36), 49-52 as 50-53.

Local Notes:

Copy 1 variants from Greg: p. 284 not misnumbered 282, 486 not 490, 495 not 486, 650-651 not 649-650, 662 misumbered 660 and not 646, 663 misnumbered 661 and not 655, 877 not misnumbered 881; last count, p. 12-3 not misnumbered 4-5, 27 not 30, 30 not 37, 36 not 41, 41 not 36. Leaf 3B3 not missigned 2B3, [par.]A3 not missigned 5*3.

Imperfect (copy 1): portrait rebacked; numerous small tears.

Copy 2 variants from Greg: p. 109 not misnumbered 111, p. 120 not 119, 284 not 282, 650-651 not 649-650; last count, p. 112-3 not misnumbered 4-5, 27 not 30, 30 not 37. Leaf 3B3 not missigned 2B3, [par.]A3 not missigned 5*3.

Copy 2 imperfect: all before p. 21 wanting, 145-162, 351-568 (first numbering), 877 wanting. Bound in 2 vols., with a break before p. 305. All leaves before p. 761 are disbound and mounted on stubs; virtually all have blank leaves between them, many with mss. notes or sections of dialogue.

According to an inscription of H.H. Furness on the flyleaf of pt. 1 of copy 2, the marginal and interleaved notes are in the hand of John Holt, who proposed, but did not complete, an edition of Shakespeare in the 1750's. There is a defense of the authenticity of Timon of Athens and extensive notes on that play.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) S2914

Greg III, p. 1118

OCLC:

187472218