{"title":"Quartos","description":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare Books of Quarto Size\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1442000-1635-shakespeare","title":"1442000 1635 Shakespeare.  Pericles.  Rare 1635 Quarto.","description":"9884. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare.  Pericles.  Quarto of 1635.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eSHAKESPEARE, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e  About Fine","brand":"1635","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784426669,"sku":"9884","price":42000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9884.jpg?v=1636224824"},{"product_id":"1442400-1673-shakespeare","title":"1442400 1674 Shakespeare.  Macbeth Quarto.  First Davenant Edition.","description":"10007. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacbeth.  Quarto.  1674 First Davenant Edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eSHAKESPEARE, William [William D'avenant]. Macbeth, a Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. As it is now Acted at the Duke's Theatre.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Davenant edition of Macbeth is significant in that it wa the only version known to audiences from 1660 up until David Garrick's performance of the First Folio version in 1744.  There was also a 1729 Quarto (present in this collection as lot 9638).  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eSECOND QUARTO EDITION AND THE FIRST DAVENANT EDITION - 1674  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eAUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William [William D'avenant]\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eTITLE: Macbeth, a Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. As it is now Acted at the Duke's Theatre.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003ePUBLISHER: London: Printed for P. Chetwin, 1674.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eDESCRIPTION: THE SECOND QUARTO EDITION AND THE FIRST DAVENANT EDITION . 1 vol., 17 cm x 21.7 cm, (ii)66pp., small minor paper repair to extreme lower corner of A2 \u0026amp; D2. Bound in contemporary full paneled calf.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eCONDITION: Expertly rebacked, pastedowns and endpapers renewed, internally clean and bright, a nice un-washed copy in for the most part a contemporary binding.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eREFERENCE: Wing S-2930.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Macbeth first appeared in the 1623 collected First Folio of Shakespeare, but was not published separately until the first quarto edition of 1673. Exceedingly rare the census locates only 3 or 4 copies in private hands.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eBy 1673 Davenant’s version was enjoying theatrical success in London and in response to this the first quarto edition of the play was issued, which included three additional witches’ songs from Davenant’s production. In 1674 the first full edition of Davenant’s text appeared and both Philip Chetwin and A. Clark published quarto editions. Both of these printings include revised versions of several speeches, two new scenes which were entirely Davenant’s own creation, and the three witches' songs. Even so, compared to other early editors, Davenant was relatively faithful to Shakespeare’s text. This Chetwin edition is often thought to precede the Clark edition issued the same year by a matter of weeks or months, making the present copy the first Davenant edition and the second quarto edition overall. Both 1674 editions, and indeed all Restoration quartos of Macbeth, are extraordinarily rare. Pforzheimer did not own anything earlier than the 1687 Davenant reprint, and only a handful of 17th-century printings have appeared on the market in 25 years.  From Swann sale as described:  Sale 2410 Lot 118\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e(SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.) [Davenant, William, Sir.] Macbeth, a Tragædy. With All the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. As it's now acted at the Dukes Theatre. [4], 66 pages. 4to, 217x169 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed; occasional marginal soiling and minor stains, title dusty with later owner's signature, blank lower outer corner restored on A2 and D2. London: P. Chetwin, 1674\u003c\/div\u003e  Fine","brand":"1673","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784688813,"sku":"10007","price":36000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/10007.jpg?v=1636224829"},{"product_id":"1442500-1676-shakespeare","title":"1442500 1676 Shakespeare.  Quarto.  Hamlet.","description":"9477. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImportant 1676 edition of Hamlet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. London: Printed by Andr. Clark for J. Martyn and H. Herringman, 1676.  4to (8 ½ x 6 ¼ in.; 216 x 159 mm). Title mended in gutter margin, leaves C2-3 shorter at fore-margin, an occasional spot or marginal paper flaw, 'Hamlet' written in margin of C1v. Antique three-quarter speckled tan calf and marbled boards by Riviere \u0026amp; Son. Red cloth drop-box.  PROVENANCE:  Thomas Edward Watson (armorial bookplate, and early auction catalogue entry tipped in to front pastedown).  Bartlett 84; Wing S-2950.  Sixth edition overall, with the 4-line imprint on the title.  Ex Sotheby's 12\/11\/09  Lot 232.\u003c\/div\u003e  Fine","brand":"1676","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784721581,"sku":"9477","price":21250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9477.jpg?v=1636224830"},{"product_id":"1442600-1679-shakespeare","title":"1442600 1679 Shakespeare.  Quarto.  Troilus and Cressida.","description":"9340.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTroilus and Cressida.  Quarto.  1679.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e(Shakespeare).  Troilus and Cressida or Truth Found too Late.  Dryden version.  A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre.  London:Jacob Tonson and Able Swall, 1679.  Slim quarto, early 20th-century full red morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.  First edition of Dryden's interpretation of Shakespeare's Trojan tragedy, a fine, wide-margined copy.  Includes Dryden's important Preface.  Dealer description tipped to rear flyleaf.  Minor closed marginal tear to title page.  A fine copy, beautifully bound.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"1679","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784787117,"sku":"9340","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9340.jpg?v=1636224832"},{"product_id":"1442700-1681-shakespeare","title":"1442700 1681 Shakespeare.  Quartos.  Othello, Lear and Richard II.","description":"10098. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuartos of Othello, Lear and Richard II along with\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enine non-Shakespearean 17th Century Quartos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eShakespeare, William. Othello, the Moor of Venice. For W. Weak, 1681, [Jaggard, p. 422; Wing S2940], paper flaws to D3 slightly affecting text; The History of King Richard the Second Acted at the Theatre Royal, under the Name of the Sicilian Usurper. With a Prefatory Epistle in Vindication of the Author by N. Tate for Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson, 1681, [Jaggard p. 363; Wing S2921]; The History of King Lear Reviv’d with Alterations by N. Tate. For E. Flesher, 1681, first edition of Tate’s infamous adaptation, [Jaggard p. 356; Wing S2918] [bound with:]\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e[Pordage, Samuel.] Herod and Mariamne for William Cademan, 1674, later edition, [Wing P2970]--Settle, Elkanah. Cambyses King of Persia… the third impression. For William Cademan, 1675, final blank present, [Wing S2666], title-page cropped; Ibrahim The Illustrious Bassa. T.M. for W. Cademan, 1677, first edition (variant without 4 leaf preface inserted after A4), [Wing S2694],loss to some corners not affecting text; Pastor Fido for William Cademan, 1677, first edition, [Wing S2706]; Fatal Love for William Cademan, 1680, first edition, [Wing S2683]; The Heir of Morocco for William Bademan, 1682, first edition, preliminary blank present, [Wing S2689]--Tate, Nahum. Brutus of Alba E.F. for Jacob Tonson, 1678, first edition, [Wing T177]; The Loyal General for Henry Bonwicke, 1680, first edition, [Wing T193]; The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth T.M. for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682, first edition, [Wing T190]all 4to, 12 plays in one volume, contemporary mottled calf, spine in six compartments with morocco lettering piece (XII PLAYS), a few marginal tears, some worming, binding worn with upper joint split and lower joint splitting, loss to head of spine\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eTate’s adaptations of Shakespeare for the Restoration stage are legendary. Two are included in the present collection: Sicilian Usurper(based on Richard II) and The History of King Lear. As Jaggard notes for Richard II, ‘the character of Richard is changed, and additions are made to the text in order to render the play more acceptable to the English throne’. Nevertheless, performances at Drury Lane Theatre were stopped by the Lord Chamberlain.   Tate's King Has \"Lear regaining his throne, Cordelia marrying Edgar, and Edgar joyfully declaring that \"truth and virtue shall at last succeed.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eElsewhere in the volume, there are a number of Tate’s other plays including Brutus of Alba(later adapted as the libretto for Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas). The Loyal General includes a prologue written by Mr Dryden (If yet there be a few that take delight).\u003c\/div\u003e  About Fine","brand":"1681","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784819885,"sku":"10098","price":35000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/10098.jpg?v=1636224833"},{"product_id":"1442800-1681-shakespeare","title":"1442800 1681 Shakespeare.  Othello.  Quarto.","description":"9676. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare.  Othello.  Quarto of 1681\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eSHAKESPEARE. Othello, The Moor of Venice, A Tragedy, As it hath been divers times acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers: And now at the Theater Royal, by His Majesties Servants. London: Printed for W. Weak, 1681. Quarto, modern blue paper wrappers. Housed in custom chemise, half morocco slipcase and half morocco clamshell box.  Fourth quarto edition and \"the rarest of the early quarto editions of Othello\" (Rosenbach 39:18), this copy hailing from the acclaimed Shakespeare collection of Marsden J. Perry.   Written sometime between 1601-04, Othello \"Shakespeare’s grim tale of passion and suspicion both manipulated and untamed, once praised by Macaulay as perhaps the greatest work in the world is the Bard’s most richly human work, and in the Greek sense the most beautiful of them all\" (Baugh et al., 536). The quarto editions of Shakespeare, which appeared between 1594-1709, were the first separate printings of Shakespeare’s plays. The seven quarto editions of Othello cleary indicate its immense popularity. Famous bookseller A.S.W. Rosenbach considered this edition the rarest of the early quarto editions of the play; it is far less frequently encountered than the 1687 and 1695 quarto reprints. Since 1975, only three copies of this edition (one the present copy) and two of earlier Othello quartos have appeared at auction. A 1916 census located just 12 copies; in 1996 Pforzheimer upped the census to 20.  The publisher of this edition, \"W. Weak\" is probably William Leake, who owned the copyright at the time and published the 1655 third quarto edition. Though poet and dramatist John Dryden’s name appears nowhere on the book, Jaggard lists him as this edition’s editor. Jaggard, 422. Wing S2940. Bartlett 106. Bartlett Census, 82-83. Pforzheimer 893. From the collection of celebrated Shakespeare collector Marsden J. Perry, with his early bookplate tipped in. \"Perry, who had started life as a farm boy, moved in his late teens to Providence, flourished, and waxed rich there. As his means increased, his consuming passion became the collecting of books by and relating to Shakespeare. In 1897 Perry bought the Shakespearian books, manuscripts and drawings that had been gathered together by the eccentric scholar, editor and collector, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps At the beginning of the 20th century the Perry Shakespeare collection was the greatest in America\" (Rosenbach, 114). Counted among the collection were some of the finest copies of the Shakespeare folios and quartos ever to be held in private hands. Rosenbach handled the sale of the Perry collection during the early 1920s; among his clients was the collector R.W. Martin, whose bookplate is laid into this volume. Presumably this quarto was sold by Rosenbach. Clipped engraving (depicting a crusader on horseback) laid in from an unknown source.  Scattered light foxing. Title page and text block trimmed close at top, with occasional loss to pagination and running-titles; not affecting play text itself. Closed tears to leaves C1 and C2, affecting text. Pinprick hole to G2, affecting one letter of text. A near-fine copy with impressive provenance. Rare and desirable.\u003c\/div\u003e  About Fine","brand":"1681","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784852653,"sku":"9676","price":17000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9676.jpg?v=1636224835"},{"product_id":"1443000-1682-shakespeare","title":"1443000 1682 Shakespeare.  Coriolanus.  Quarto.","description":"9191. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoriolanus.  First Separate Edition.  Quarto.  1682.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eShakespeare.  (Nahun Tate adaptation).   First separate edition of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.  The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth: Or, the Fall of Caius Martius Coriolanus, As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal.  London: Printed by T.M. for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682.  Small quarto, modern three-quarter brown calf, dark brown morocco label; pp. (9), 64.   \"This tragedy appeared in print for the first time in the Jaggard [First Folio] of 1623.  Nahun Tate's adaptation in 1682 is the first known separate edition, while Tonson's printing of 1734 is the first separate edition with unalderated text\" (Jaggard, 296).  In his dedication, Tate calls this \"a work meerly of my own Compiling; having in this Adventure Launcht out in Shakespear's Bottom.\"  The fifth Act is wholly by Tate.  STC 190.  Title page closely trimmed, some scattered foxing.  Exceptionally good condition.  Scarce.  Ex Bauman private 04\/12\/06.\u003c\/div\u003e  Extremely Fine","brand":"1682","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784918189,"sku":"9191","price":3150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9191.jpg?v=1636224838"},{"product_id":"1443300-1690-shakespeare","title":"1443300 1690 Shakespeare.  The Tempest.  Quarto.","description":"9478. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tempest,  Quarto.  1690\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A Comedy. As it is now Acted at Their Majesties Theatre in Dorset-Garden. London:  Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, sold by R. Bentley, 1690.  4to (8 3\/8 x 6 in.; 213 x 152 mm). Ink smudges on title, mended worm puncture in fore-margin of last leaf, some light marginal spotting. Ninteenth century three-quarter black morocco and marbled boards, gilt-ruled. Blue cloth drop-box; joints rubbed.  J.O. Halliwell (according to a pencilled note on front free endpaper)  Unidentified armorial bookplate with lion encircled by the Order of the Garter and motto \"sub robore virtus\" Oscar Sutro (gold-stamped leather bookplate).  Wing S-2947.  Ex Sotheby's 12\/11\/09.  Lot 241.\u003c\/div\u003e  Very Good","brand":"1690","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033784983725,"sku":"9478","price":3450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9478.jpg?v=1636224841"},{"product_id":"1443400-1691-shakespeare","title":"1443400 1691 Shakespeare.  Julius Caesar.  Quarto.","description":"9360.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare.  Julius Caesar.  1691 Quarto.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eShakespeare.  Julius Caesar.  Rare 1691 Quarto Edition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.  'Julius Caesar.  A Tragedy.  As it is Now Acted At The Theatre Royal.  London: Printed for Henry Herringman, and Richard Bentley, 1691.'  Quarto, modern full crimson morocco-gilt in 17 century style.  Of the twenty plays which made their first appearance in the First Folio, only three appeared in quarto form later in the 17th century: Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth (each in one quarto edition) and Julius Caesar (its 6 quarto editions an indicator of its immense popularity).  Very few copies exist in private hands.  Wing S2922.  Jaggard, 319.  Bartlett 117.  Mild embrowning to text, as always.  An exceptional copy.  Rare.  Ex Bauman.\u003c\/div\u003e\nFine","brand":"1691","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033785016493,"sku":"9360","price":23000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9360.jpg?v=1636224842"},{"product_id":"1444300-1729-shakespeare","title":"1444300 1729 Shakespeare.  Macbeth.  Quarto.  Very Scarce Edition.","description":"9638.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacbeth.  1729.  Very Scarce Edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eShakespeare, William.  Macbeth; a Tragedy, As it is now Acted by His Majesty's Servants.  London: Printed for J. Tonson, et al., 1729.  12mo, modern full brown mottled calf, red morocco spine label.  Without final leaf containing list of publications.  Jaggard, 381.  Folger 2823-1729a.  Owner signature to title page.  Expertly repaired closed tears to final few leaves.  Scarce.\u003c\/div\u003e\nFine","brand":"1729","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033785278637,"sku":"9638","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9638.jpg?v=1636224854"},{"product_id":"1447200-1766-shakespeare","title":"1447200 1766 Shakespeare.  Twenty Early Quartos.  Steevens.","description":"9741.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty Early Quartos of Shakespeare.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteevens.  1766.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTwenty of the Plays of Shakespeare, being the whole Number printed in Quarto during his Life-Time, or before the Restoration, collated where there were different copies and publish'd from the Originals, by George Steevens.  First set of reprints of the early 4tos.  4 vols. 8vo, London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, T. Payne and W. Richardson, 1766. First edition edited by George Steevens and the first set of reprints of the early quartos. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, red and black morocco title and volume number labels. Upper joints of three volumes repaired. Upper board of Vol. II detached, else an attractive set.  Jaggard p. 502.\u003c\/div\u003e\nVery Good","brand":"1766","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033786130605,"sku":"9741","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9741.jpg?v=1636224892"},{"product_id":"1448500-1888-shakespeare","title":"1448500 1888 Shakespeare.  Facsimile Editions of Early Quartos.","description":"10038.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare.  Facsimile Editions of Early Quartos.  1888.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eScarce facsimile editions of Shakespeare's works.  Includes: Hamlet: the first quarto, 1603. A facsimile in photo-lithography by William Griggs; with forewords by Frederick J. Furnivall. W. Griggs. [1880].  Hamlet: the second quarto, 1604. A facsimile in photo-lithography by William Griggs; with forewords by Frederick J. Furnivall. [1880]. Othello: The First Quarto, 1622. C. Praetorius, [1885]. Othello: The Second Quarto, 1630. C. Praetorius, [1885]. Romeo and Juliet: the first quarto, 1597. C. Praetorius, [1886]. Romeo and Juliet, the Second Quarto, 1599. C. Praetorius, [1886]. Romeo and Juliet: the first Undated Quarto. C. Praetorius, [1887]. Shakspere's Sonnets. The First Quarto, 1609. C. Praetorius, [1886]. Some soiling and fading to cloth, chipping and some loss to spines; a few hinges cracked or starting,toning and some offestting to interiors; good.\u003c\/div\u003e\nGood","brand":"1888","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033787080877,"sku":"10038","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/10038.jpg?v=1636224912"},{"product_id":"1448600-1896-shakespeare","title":"1448600 1896 Shakespeare.  Cymbeline.  Quarto.","description":"9824.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCymbeline.  Quarto.  1896.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Irving and Ellen Terry.  Beautifully bound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCymbeline. A tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury Lane and Covent Garden.  Printed for J. Wenman, No. 144, Fleet Street; and Sold by all other Booksellers in Town and Country.  Cymbeline. A tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury Lane and Covent Garden.  Printed for J. Wenman, No. 144, Fleet Street; and Sold by all other Booksellers in Town and Country.  Interesting and beautifully bound edition featuring Henry Irving as Iachimo and Ellen Terry as Imogen.\u003c\/div\u003e\nAbout Fine","brand":"1896","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033787113645,"sku":"9824","price":440.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9824.jpg?v=1636224914"},{"product_id":"1450100-1916-shakespeare","title":"1450100 1916 Shakespeare.  Census of Shakespeare Quartos.  1594-1709.","description":"9913. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto 1594-1709.  Henrietta C. Bartlett and Alfred W. Pollard. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e[Shakespeare]. [Bibliography]. Henrietta C. Bartlett and Alfred W. Pollard. A Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto 1594 - 1709. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1916. Edition limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Quarto. Publisher's quarter-cloth over plain paper boards with (partial) title label on spine. Some toning, soiling and edgewear to extremities. Some creasing and wrinkling to front endpapers. Very good. From the Krown \u0026amp; Spellman Collection.\u003c\/div\u003e  Extremely Fine","brand":"1916","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033788424365,"sku":"9913","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9913.jpg?v=1636224937"},{"product_id":"1443200-1687-shakespeare","title":"1443200 1687 Shakespeare.  Titus Andronicus.  Quarto.","description":"10171. \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitus Andronicus.  Quarto.  1687.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eTitus Andronicus, or The Rape of Lavinia. Acted at the Theatre Royall, a Tragedy, alter'd from Mr Shakespears Works, by Mr. Edw. Ravenscroft.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003ePrinted by Joseph Bennet for J. Hindmarsh, 1687. a bit browned and\/or spotted throughout, the outer pages brownest (not helped by the fly-leaves), some pages clear, pp. [viii], 56, 4to, mid 20th-century calf backed paper boards, the boards originally purple, now irregularly faded, leather bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter, printed paper bookplate of Marie Luise Hinrichs, designed by Rockwell Kent. The fourth quarto edition (the others being 1594, 1600, and 1611: included of course in the four folios, the last of which appeared two years before the present edition, making this the 8th edition overall), the first in which the Dramatis personae, or 'The Persons Names', are listed. 'In this edition, the signature on leaf B2 lines up with the spaces between \"brought\" and \"to\" and \"to\" and Rome,\" in the line above and on leaf B3, the \"B\" of the signature is under the space between \"here\" and \"my\" in the line above. In another edition, the signature on leaf B2 is shifted slightly to the left of the spaces between \"brought\" and \"to\" and \"to\" and Rome,\" in the line above and on leaf B3, the \"B\" of the signature is under the \"er\" of \"here\" in the line above'. ESTC records only 3 copies thus, Birmingham Central, EUL, Boston Public. The other variant is recorded in 14 copies in the UK, 8 of them in Oxford libraries; of the 18 in the US, 9 are in the Folger. Provenance: Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter, 1898-1941, book collector, the first bibliographer of Rupert Brooke. Marie Luise Hinrichs, who acquired the volume c. 1945 (a pencil note on the rear fly-leaf may mark the acquisition, or the date of the binding). Purchased from Jonathan Bate (but without mark of ownership). Jonathan Bate edited Titus Andronicus for The Arden Shakespeare, from whose Introduction we quote: 'Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedy has had a curious history. It was hugely successful in its own time - indeed, it perhaps did more than any other play to establish its author's reputation as a dramatist - but it has been reviled by critics and revived infrequently. Yet on the few occasions when it has reappeared in the repertory it has repeated its original success . The play is deeply Shakespearean . one of the dramatist's most inventive plays, a complex and self-conscious improvisation upon classical sources, most notably the Metamorphosis of Ovid': and see the Adaptations section of the same for a detailed consideration of the present edition, including the definite and interesting excellencies of it. (Jaggard p. 475; ESTC R483029). 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