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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
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
Title
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants
Publisher
London : Printed by J. Darby for M. Wellington at the King's Head, over against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand
Description
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-͜
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

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Language English
Publication date 1718
publication_date QS:P577,+1718-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
hamletprinceofde00shak_1
Notes No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.
Authority file  OCLC: 1045967061
Source
Internet Archive identifier: hamletprinceofde00shak_1
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  • IA contributor: Boston Public Library
  • IA digitizing sponsor: Associates of the Boston Public Library

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