1442000 1635 Shakespeare. Pericles. Rare 1635 Quarto.

 

SHAKESPEARE, William. Late, and much admired Play, called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. With the True Relation of the Whole History, Adventures and Fortunes of the Said Prince. London: Thomas Cotes , 1635.   Sixth edition. Octavo in fours. (6 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches). 67, [1, blank] pp. With printer's device on title-page (McK. 283).  Full twentieth century red morocco. Boards double ruled in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Edges speckled red, from an earlier binding. Spine slightly sunned and worn at the edges. Previous owner William Glegh's old ink signature on the final leaf at the end of the text.  The reason for the omission of Pericles from the First Folio us uncertain. Edward Blount, co-publisher of the Folio, entered it in the Stationer's Register on 20 May 1608, though the early editions (1609, 1609, 1611) were not publishing by him and were apparently not drawn from a true copy. It was included, though not as a self-standing bibliographical unit, in Pavier's 1619 collection of Shakespeare plays. The collation of Cotes's edition follows that of Robert Bird's 1630 edition. This 1635 edition provided the copytext for its eventual inclusion in the Third Folio, 1664."  Jaggard,. Shaksperiana,. Pforzheimer, 894. ESTC S111200.