The tragedy of Hamlet prince of Denmarke : newly imprinted and inlarged according to the true and perfect copy lastly printed / by William Shakespeare. [Furness collection copy 2]
- Description
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 2 imperfect: leaves A1, A2 and N4 (blank) wanting; leaf A4 mended at inner margin; leaves D1, F2, F3, G1, G2 and G3 mended at outer margin; tear across the bottom of leaf F3 mended without damage to text; most pages close cropped at top margin with frequent damage to and occasional loss of running title.
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 2 has ms. note in pencil on front free endpaper and black silk marker.
- Creator
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Stansby, William, active 1597-1638 (printer)
- Smethwicke, John, -1641 (bookseller)
- Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835
- Form
- books
- Date
- 1619
- Language
- English
- Collection
- STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 102 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (4to)
- Publisher
- Printed by W.S. for Iohn Smethwicke ..
- Related Place
- England -- London.
- Notes
- W.S. is William Stansby. Cf. ESTC.
- Date of publication conjectured by ESTC.
- Signatures: A-N⁴ (N4 blank).
- Without pagination.
- Woodcuts: title vignette (publisher's device--McK. no. 376), initial and head-piece.
- Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640: 859:6 on UMI microfilm.
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 1 bound in full red morocco inset with brown calf panels stamped in gold with a coat of arms and the initials "S S" (probably Scipio Squire); five raised, gold-stamped bands on spine; brief title stamped in gold on spine; gold-stamped cover edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers.
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 1 has forged signature of William Shakespeare on title leaf and ms. note in ink on front free endpaper that reads: "This has one of the Ireland forgeries with name of Shakespeare on the title."
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 1 has ms. notes in ink and pencil on front free endpapers; unidentified coat of arms stamped on verso of title leaf.
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 1 has many leaves closely cropped at top and bottom margins without damage to text; front free endpapers detached from spine.
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 2 imperfect: leaves A1, A2 and N4 (blank) wanting; leaf A4 mended at inner margin; leaves D1, F2, F3, G1, G2 and G3 mended at outer margin; tear across the bottom of leaf F3 mended without damage to text; most pages close cropped at top margin with frequent damage to and occasional loss of running title.
- Penn Libraries Furness copy 2 has ms. note in pencil on front free endpaper and black silk marker.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): copy 1
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): copy 2
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR2750 .A07 1619 copy 2
- Provenance
- Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (autograph) (bookplate) (honoree)
- Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor)
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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