Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz. Peicles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine.
Subject:
Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
Milton, John, 1608-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630, and Condell, Henry, -1627
Publisher:
London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden 1685.
This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
Resource Type:
Text
Extent:
1 volume (303 pages)
Edition:
The Fourth Edition
Geographic Coverage:
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Contemporary clippings about the Second and Fourth folios attached to the inside front cover.Handwritten note attached to inside cover: Bequeathed to Charles Baron Clarke M.A. of Queen's College Cambridge by His affectionate Uncle Thomas Parker Esq of Sutton Scotney Hampshire 1854Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.
Physical Repository:
British Columbia. Legislative Library
Collection:
Early Printed Books
Provenance:
From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
Date Digitized:
2017-03-14/2017-03-27
Transcript:
Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number): _007 frontspiece and title page_008 dedication_009 To The Great Variety of Readers_012 Tempest (1)_021 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18)_029 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _039 Measure for Measure (55)_050 Comedy of Errors (76)_057 Much Ado About Nothing (90)_066 Love's Labour Lost (110)_076 Midsummers Nights Dream (130)_084 Merchant of Venice (146)_094 As You Like It (168)_104 Taming of the Shrew (188)_114 Alls Well that Ends Well (208)_125 Twelf-Night, Or What You Will (230)_135 Winter's Tale (250)_148 King John (1)_158 Life and Death of King Richard II (20)_168 First Part of Henry IV... (41)_179 Second Part of Henry IV... (63)_192 Life of King Henry V (87 i.e. 88)_204 First Part of King Henry VI (112)_214 Second Part of King Henry VI (133)_226 Third Part of King Henry VI (157)_238 Tragedy of Richard III... (180)_252 History of King Henry VIII (208)_264 Tragedy of Trolius and Cressida (233)_277 Tragedy of Coriolanus (258)_290 Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus (285)_300 Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (305)_312 Life of Timon of Athens (1)_322 Tragedy of Julius Caesar (20)_332 Tragedy of Macbeth (40)_342 Tragedy of Hamlet (59)_356 Tragedy of King Lear (87)_368 Tragedy of Othello... (111)_382 Tragedy of Anthony & Cleopatra (138)_394 Tragedy of Cymbeline (165)_408 ...Pericles, Prince of Tyre... (193)_418 London Prodigal (212)_425 History of...Thomas Lord Cromwell (227) _432 History of Sir John Oldcastle... (241)_443 The Puritan... (262)_452 A Yorkshire Tragedy (280)_455 Tragedy of Locrine... (286)
Technical Note:
Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 14 Mar - 27 Mar. 600 dpi TIFF. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to 12.95 x 9.25" -- built "FourthfolioA" action in Photoshop. Metadata by KD.