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Great Britain
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Folger bibliographic ID: 244404
ESTC number: T35953
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740: 47
Folger call number: PR2807 1723b copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 309639
Accession Number: cs1066
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Bibliographic format
twelvemo
General notes
John Hughes's stage version, a reprint of the 1718 edition (Folger card catalog) There exist two editions of the 1723 Hamlet. This edition ('B') is a pirated type-facsimile printed 1731? Leaf A4v, line 23 reads "compulsive"; leaf B1r, line 9 reads "Course"; and leaf H3r, line 29 reads "Dith-". Edition 'A' is cataloged separately, identified by different readings on those pages. (The printer is unknown, although W. Feales and R. Walker have been suggested. See Dawson, G.E. Studies in bibliography, 1 (1948-1949): 47-58; and Kenny, S.S. Studies in bibliography, 28 (1975): 297-305) Signatures: A-I⁶ First leaf (A1) is blank; no frontispiece issued with this edition (Ford) ESTC, Ford, and Jaggard citations are undifferentiated descriptions for both editions A and B With a cast list, and bookseller's advertisements for M. Poulson (leaf I6v)
Item information about Folger PR2807 1723b copy 2 Sh.Col
In green paper wrappers; disbound. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger
Also known as
Extended title: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants / written by William Shakespear
Related names
associated with: Hughes, John, 1677-1720
associated name: Darby, John, -1733
associated name: Feales, William
associated name: Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761
associated name: Bettesworth, Arthur, -1739
associated name: Clay, Francis, -1738
associated name: Poulson, Mary
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936