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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants

by: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Hughes, John, 1677-1720, editor; Darby, John, -1733, printer; Wellington, M., active 1717-1720, bookseller; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, artist

Publication date: 1718

Publisher: London : Printed by J. Darby for M. Wellington at the King's Head, over against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand

Collection: bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

This is the first edition of the text revised by John Hughes, referred to by Theobald in Shakespeare Restored, and also the first edition in 12mo; Mr. Wilks played Hamlet at Drury Lane (Ford)

Signatures: A-Íœ

With a cast list, and bookseller's advertisements (leaf I6v)

Engraved frontispiece (leaf A1) is a close copy of the plate engraved by Du Guernier; image engraved in reverse

Not in Barton collection catalog

ESTC

Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern black cloth. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page

Notes

No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.

Addeddate: 2015-02-12 14:17:04.548587

Associated-names: Hughes, John, 1677-1720, editor; Darby, John, -1733, printer; Wellington, M., active 1717-1720, bookseller; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, artist