Shakespeare, William MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES. THE THIRD IMPRESSION. AND UNTO THIS IMPRESSION IS ADDED SEVEN PLAYES, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN FOLIO. LONDON: PRINTED FOR P[HILIP] C[HETWIND], 1664 Folio (12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.; 324 x 215 mm). Engraved portrait by Martin Droeshout in Hind's second state, collation: A4 b6; A-Z, Aa6 BB8; Cc-Zz Aaa6; Bbb-Zzz Aaaa-Daaa6 Eeee4; a6 b4 *-****4, ¶A-¶B6 ¶C-¶F4 ¶G6= 514 leaves: Roman and italic text types, italics for headings, various larger roman and italic hands in the preliminaries. Double column, 66 lines, headlines and catchwords, pages box-ruled, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; portrait and Ben Jonson verses inlaid, long tear in title skillfully mended affecting a few letters in imprint and list of additional plays with fore-margin extended, Dedication leaf [A3] signed "A2", lower margins of preliminary leaves A4, b1-6 extended, a few small stains on leaves Dd5 and Ee3. 19th-century red morocco, triple fillet border, spine richly gilt with gold-stamped title, edges gilt, dentelles, by Francis Bedford; rebacked with original spine laid down, a few small scuffs.
Shakespeare, William MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES. THE THIRD IMPRESSION. AND UNTO THIS IMPRESSION IS ADDED SEVEN PLAYES, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN FOLIO. LONDON: PRINTED FOR P[HILIP] C[HETWIND], 1664 Folio (12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.; 324 x 215 mm). Engraved portrait by Martin Droeshout in Hind's second state, collation: A4 b6; A-Z, Aa6 BB8; Cc-Zz Aaa6; Bbb-Zzz Aaaa-Daaa6 Eeee4; a6 b4 *-****4, ¶A-¶B6 ¶C-¶F4 ¶G6= 514 leaves: Roman and italic text types, italics for headings, various larger roman and italic hands in the preliminaries. Double column, 66 lines, headlines and catchwords, pages box-ruled, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; portrait and Ben Jonson verses inlaid, long tear in title skillfully mended affecting a few letters in imprint and list of additional plays with fore-margin extended, Dedication leaf [A3] signed "A2", lower margins of preliminary leaves A4, b1-6 extended, a few small stains on leaves Dd5 and Ee3. 19th-century red morocco, triple fillet border, spine richly gilt with gold-stamped title, edges gilt, dentelles, by Francis Bedford; rebacked with original spine laid down, a few small scuffs.
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