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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; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, engraver; Tonson, Jacob, -1735, bookseller; Plumptre, James, 1770-1832, former owner; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner

Publication date: 1734

Publisher: London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster

Collection: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Three issues of Tonson's 1734 edition have been identified. In this issue, Tonson's name is in the imprint; the verso of the title page has the catchword: "Hamlet"; the headpiece on p. 5 (sig. A3) is framed; there is no endpiece at foot of p. 107; and the Chetwood advertisement is on p. [108] (leaf E6v).--ESTC

Frontispiece by Du Guernier

Head-pieces; initial

English short title catalogue

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in calfskin and marbled paper. This copy is interleaved, with corrections, marginal notes, and commentary by James Plumptre. The armorial bookplate of Thomas Pennant Barton and the bookplate of H.R. [Henry Ridgely?] Evans are both present on the front pastedown

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

Addeddate: 2016-03-24 12:47:54

Associated-names: Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, engraver; Tonson, Jacob, -1735, bookseller; Plumptre, James, 1770-1832, former owner; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner