farfel_n03_019_141

141
Feb. 26, 1983
Calif. Book Fair
The Jenkins Co. Austin, Texas
$25.00
Shakespeare, WIlliam (1564-1616)
Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies
See #392 London: Printed for The Fourth Impression
Henry Harringman, Edward Brewster, [Richard Chiswell] +
Richard Bently. * 1685. folio in sixer.
485 leaves, THe text in 2 col., box-ruled. (184x309mm)
Pforzheimer 910 Wing S2915 Jaggssd p. 499 Greg III P. 1119-1121.
p. 208-230 - All's well that ends well. 36.5cm x 23
Good copy: 14 1/4 x 9 1/8" S5 p. 217-8. 13 3/8 x 8 11/16"
[inserted] 209 S 211 S2 213 S4 15 4 17 5 19 6 221 T 223 T2 225 T3 [end inserted] 3 Varient imprints found in different copies of title page Act III Scene I. Watermark my leaf same as in Stanford copy.
In each reprinting more Typograpical errors or "corrections"
crept in, due to careless proof reading or ignorant actors in
their attmpts to modernize the lines.
Harringman's shop "The sign of the Blue Anchor" was one
of the chief lounging plans for the literary lights of
Restoration London.

Of the 7 added plays only one, Pericles, is an accepted
Shakespearean composition. The others were certainl the works
of lesser authors byt had fromthier 1st appearances during
Shakespeare's lifetime been advertised as his. It must also be
noted that this group of 7 plays had in fact been printed
in the 3rd folio ed; second issue, in 1664.
*"at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the crane in St.
Pauls Church-Yard, + in Ruffel St., Convent Garden."

-This is the only ed. of the collections in which each play does not
begin a fresh page.
-Reprinted from the 3rd folio + contains the 7 additional plays
first included in the 1664 issue of the 3rd folio
Pericles Prince fo Tyre. The London Prodigal. The history of
Thmas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcaste Lord Cobham.
The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. THe Tragedy
of Locrina.