The Tragedie of King Lear; The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice; The Tragedie of Antony, and Cleopatra. [London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, 1632.] Folio (302 x 209 mm). 86 pp, paged continuously 303-388. Modern maroon morocco backed cloth. Minor soiling to leaves, with pencil notation at upper corner of each leaf. THREE OF SHAKESPEARE'S GREATEST TRAGEDIES, including King Lear, widely considered Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. George Bernard Shaw said of Lear: "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear." These represent the original First Folio text, extracted from the 1632 second collected edition of his Works (the Second Folio). In the case of Lear , there is much debate as to the relationship between the First Folio publication and a 1609 quarto publication, also attributed to Shakespeare, because of vast differences between the two. In many ways, the First Folio text, from which this 1632 printing is taken, represents a new publication. Similarly, Shakespeare's Othello , his classic exploration of jealousy and revenge, exhibits substantial differences between the 1622 quarto publication and the 1623 version included in the First Folio. These early printings are in many cases the first accessible editions of these texts.
The Tragedie of King Lear; The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice; The Tragedie of Antony, and Cleopatra. [London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, 1632.] Folio (302 x 209 mm). 86 pp, paged continuously 303-388. Modern maroon morocco backed cloth. Minor soiling to leaves, with pencil notation at upper corner of each leaf. THREE OF SHAKESPEARE'S GREATEST TRAGEDIES, including King Lear, widely considered Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. George Bernard Shaw said of Lear: "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear." These represent the original First Folio text, extracted from the 1632 second collected edition of his Works (the Second Folio). In the case of Lear , there is much debate as to the relationship between the First Folio publication and a 1609 quarto publication, also attributed to Shakespeare, because of vast differences between the two. In many ways, the First Folio text, from which this 1632 printing is taken, represents a new publication. Similarly, Shakespeare's Othello , his classic exploration of jealousy and revenge, exhibits substantial differences between the 1622 quarto publication and the 1623 version included in the First Folio. These early printings are in many cases the first accessible editions of these texts.
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