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1623 1623-01-01 Special Collections Contains ... 36 plays, only 'Pericles' of the canonical 37 being absent--Hinman, I, p. 35. "Troylus and Cressida", not listed in the table of contents, is inserted at the beginning of the "Tragedies" section. Bound in red moroccan in red moroccan slipcase ; spine stamped and illustrated in gold. Colophon, sig. 3b6r: Printed at the charges of W. Jaggard, E. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623. Edited by John Heminge and John Condell.

1632 1632-01-01 Special Collections Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632. Engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout on t.p.; verse by Ben Jonson on leaf opposite. The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies are separately paged, with several errors, omissions and repetitions.

1663 to 1664 1663-01-01 Special Collections Bound with Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories and tragedies / published according to the true original copies. Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1664. Numerous errors in paging. Portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout on t.p.; verse by Ben Jonson on leaf opposite.

1685 1685-01-01 Special Collections Bound in brown calf, stamped gilt border, rebacked; in a brown linen covered box. Marbled end papers. Martin Droeshout's portrait of Shakespeare on "To the reader" leaf.

1651 1651-01-01 Special Collections Added t.p., engraved: Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civil. No watermark on engr. t.p. Pages 249-250 repeated in numbering; p. 257-260 omitted in numbering; p. 396 incorrectly numbered 394.