![SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio. The Fourth edition. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627), except for Pericles and six spurious plays added by the publisher of the Third Folio, Philip Chetwin (d. 1680). London: Printed [by Robert Roberts and others] for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/NYR/2005_NYR_01587_0124_000(112555).jpg?w=1)
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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio. The Fourth edition. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627), except for Pericles and six spurious plays added by the publisher of the Third Folio, Philip Chetwin (d. 1680). London: Printed [by Robert Roberts and others] for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685.
Large 2o (338 x 221 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout in fourth state (with marginal repairs to blank recto). Headlines and catchwords, pages box-ruled, woodcut initials Shakespeare's portrait engraved by Martin Droeshout in fourth state. (Tiny holes, tears, repairs, misprinting, marginal cropping to approx. 20 leaves including: A1, D3, H4, I3, K3, L2, L3, Hh3, Oo3, Oo4, Uu1, Bbb3, Eee5, Eee6.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, gilt edges (covers detached); 19th-century cloth chemise, slipcase. Provenance: Edward Holden, Oxford (early signature on recto of portrait and on title); Ambrose Holbrech of Mollington (engraved bookplate); W.P. Turnbull (bookplate); W.S. Appleton (bookplate).
THE FOURTH FOLIO. The Brewster/Bentley issue of the fourth collected edition of Shakespeare's plays. It appeared no doubt at about the same time as two other issues. The Fourth Folio is the last edition of Shakespeare's plays published in the 17th century, and was regarded by 18th-century editors, readers and collectors as textually the best edition. The Fourth Folio includes seven added plays: Pericles, The London Prodigal, Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle, The Puritan, A Yorkshire Tragedy, Locrine. Wing S-2915; Greg III, pp 1119-21; see Pforzheimer 910 and 911.
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THE FOURTH FOLIO. The Brewster/Bentley issue of the fourth collected edition of Shakespeare's plays. It appeared no doubt at about the same time as two other issues. The Fourth Folio is the last edition of Shakespeare's plays published in the 17th century, and was regarded by 18th-century editors, readers and collectors as textually the best edition. The Fourth Folio includes seven added plays: Pericles, The London Prodigal, Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle, The Puritan, A Yorkshire Tragedy, Locrine. Wing S-2915; Greg III, pp 1119-21; see Pforzheimer 910 and 911.