farfel_n03_021_142

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Feb 2, 1983
Calif. Book Fair
The Jenkins Co.
$35.00 (25)
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Mr. William Shakespeares Comidies, Histories and Tragedies
The Second Impression.
London: Thomas Cotes, 1632. folio in sixes.
Issued under 5 different imprints p. 330-359-Othello
These publishers were all proprietors of 1 or more of the copyrights in Shakespeare's plays
Robert Allot 1 order of printing - STC 22274 VV 4 p 335-6
William (Stanford) Aspley 3 - b Act II
Richard Hawkins 4 - c Scene I
Richard Meighan 5 rarest d -
John Smethwick 2 - STC 22274e
454 leaves, printed in double columns within ruled borders,
title with Droeshout portrait. (178x289mm)
Pforzheimer (12 1/2 x 8 3/8") 906 Allot + 7 Smethwick Grolier 100, 19. my leaf no watermark 33.9x22.5cm
Greg Vol III p.113. 13 3/16 x 8 13/16 inches

[inserted] VV 329 VV2 331 VV3 333 4 5 5 7 6 339 XX 341 XX1 3 XX3 5 [end inserted] Shakespeare folios + quarto p.22.33, AP7, f [inserted] 2nd folio good copy - 13 1/2 x 8 3/4" [end inserted] Rare Book Coll. Stanford copy 13 7/16"
A.W. Pollard
-text, page for page reprint of 1623 ed., the number of
leaves is the same.
1st folio Tat in the imprint, the name of Isaac Jaggerd
replaces that of his father William (as in the colophon)
might be explained by the latters death some time before
4 Nov. 1623.
3rd folio 3 different printers Roger Daniels
(1663-4) John Hayes(?)
Alice Warren - widow of Thomas
The 2nd folio is remarkable for an important publishing
"first" namely, the 1st appearance in print of John Milton's
work. His 16 line rhymed couplets "An Epitaph on the
admirable Dramatic Poet, W. Shakespeare" appears on
the famous "Effigies" leaf.
-of the 4 folios, only the 1st is considered to have any
textural authority.