The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now acted by Her Majesties Servants. By William Shakespeare

All titles

• The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now acted by Her Majesties Servants. By William Shakespeare
• Hamlet

People / Organizations

• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Rich. Wellington, at the Dolphin and Crown in Pauls Church-Yard, and E. Rumball in Covent-Garden, 1703.

Publication year

1703

ESTC No.

N47455

Grub Street ID

32144

Description

[4],82p. ; 4°.

Note

Probably a piracy

In this edition, "London" in the imprint is followed by a full stop; p. 1 is not numbered; p. 1, line 15, has "... twelve, get ...", line 18 reads "puiet" for "quiet"; the last line on p. 1 ends "Barnardo"

Quire A is in the same setting as N47406. Other quires or formes may be mixed with that edition, and portions of at least quires B, F, and H may show yet a third setting, which is unrelated to T52530

There are at least three different settings of type for this title. In this edition, the following signature marks are directly beneath the identified characters (a space is represented by $): B2 rati; C2 $bod; H1 at$; L2 coul. --- Folger catalogue

A variant has correctly printed "W"'s on p. 49

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Uncontrolled note

This is probably Ford no. 40, but Ford does not distinguish this from a different setting with fewer printers' errors (see N47407)