The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke

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Title: The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke
Alternative Title: Hamlet
Creator: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published / Created: 1604.
Publication Place: At London
Publisher: printed by I.R. for N.L. and are to be sold at his shoppe vnder Saint Dunstons Church in Fleetstreet
Description: Eliz 168: Bound in straight-grain red goatskin, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. Signature of Jacobus Cummyng P.H. on B₁r. Bookplate of Plummer of Middlestead. The Huth copy (with bookplate) acquired by Mr. Cochran in November 1911 prior to the public sale. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911.
Printed by James Roberts for Nicholas Ling. The second edition (first, 1603). This is the first authoritative edition of the play, the first quarto of 1603 being a shortened version of the text, different in many ways, and possibly a surreptitious publication.
Extent: 4.̊ [A]² B-N⁴ O² (lacking [A]₁, probably blank) 18.5 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect coppie.
Language: English

Subjects: Cochran, Alexander Smith, 1874-1929 > Ownership
Cummyng, Jacobus > Autograph
Plummer > Bookplate
Huth, Henry, 1815-1878 > Bookplate

Access: Public
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