farfel_n06_075_439

439
Estates of Mind
Great Neck N.Y.
S.F. Bookfair
Feb. '96
$800

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Mr. WIlliam Shkespeare's Comedies, Histories and
Tragedies. The First Folio. f^0 in sixes
London: Isaac Jaggard, and [for] Ed. Blount, 1623.
Ref. S.T.C. 22273. Pforzheimar 905.

Copy: HEHL, Folger Text printed in 2 columns, box ruled.
454 leaves. 310x200mm. 6 leaf Quires. No play is provided with
a separate title page. Spellings are those of the compositors. The
comedies contain no pagination errors (26 Quires paged 1-303, A-Bb^6 Cc^2)
"As you Like it" p. 185 to 207, Q3 to S2 13 5/8 x 8 3/4"
-my leaf p. 203-4 - same pages in 2nd + 4th folio; begin + end (R6)Tallest extant copy. 13 3/8 x 8 1/2"
No watermark.

with same words, but orthography differs
The plays wer all set in a type of which 20 lines measures
about 83mm. Each page of text is in 2 col. + each col. contains
66 lines plus a 'direction line' at its foot. In the 1st col. this
last line is generally blank: in the 2nd col. it shows the
catchword + whenever one is required the signature.
- copies printed between 1000+1500 in number.
- Feb. 1622 - printing of 1st folio began.
- folio Quires F-T + 1st sheet of Quire V - April to mid July 1622.
1590 - "Rosalynde" Thomas Lodge - from this pastoral
romance Shakespeare drew most of the incidents + personages
of "As you Like it"He made characteristic additions in Jacques,
Touchstone + Audrey, who are entirely originals. Rosalynde is a
romance in the Euphuistic strain of the time, modelled on
the "Arcadia" of Jacopo Sannazaro (1502).
[inserted] only Pericles of the Cannonical 37 being absent. [end inserted] 1st folio -36 plays - 20 printed for the 1st time. The
volume was edited by Shakespeare's friends + fellw actors
John Heminges + Henry Condell.
- sold at time of publication at a pound/copy (about 7-8 pounds
today (1916)
- The volume was carelessly edited + printed.