The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke / by William Shakespeare
Item Description
Call number
STC 22278 copy 2
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Creator
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Created/published
London : Printed by W.S. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet: vnder the Diall, [1625]
Place of creation
Date
1625
Note(s)
Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22278
Reference citation note: Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 197(d)
Reference citation note: Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 881
Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111101
Copy note: Warwick. Imperfect: the title leaf is damaged and repaired, affecting the second line of the title; the affected letter is completed in manuscript ink. Wanting the blank leaf. A few manuscript markings. The title leaf, N2,3 are repaired; N1 is inlaid. A2 is extended in outer margin. Many leaves are untrimmed. Red goatskin binding signed by Frank Bedford. Provenance: faded inscription on A2r: "frances wolfreston hi[r?] boo[c?]k"; James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy; bookseller's (Sotheby's) sale catalogue entry for this copy pasted on front free endpaper (inscribed on facing fly-leaf: "Sotheby's ..."); bookplate of Warwick Castle, Shakespeare Library
Extent
21 cm (4to)
Associated name(s)
Printer: Stansby, William, active 1597-1638
Bookseller: Smethwicke, John, -1641
Former owner: Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677
Former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. 1820-1889, (James Orchard)
Former owner: Perry, Marsden J. 1850-1935, (Marsden Jasiel)
Former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library
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Rights
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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