Othello, the Moor of Venice : a tragedy, as it hath been divers times acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers, and now at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesties Servants

Alternate Title:

Moor of Venice

Contributor:

Leake, William, -1681 (bookseller); Bentley, Richard, -1697 (bookseller); Magnes, Mary (bookseller)

Name:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Timespan:

17th century; 1600-1699

Date:

1681

Language:

English

Provenance:

Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor) (copies 1, 2 & 4); Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (copies 1, 2 & 4); Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia (donor) (copy 1); Norris, Charles Camblos, 1876- (donor) (copy 3); Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (autograph) (bookplate)

Publisher:

Printed for W. Weak, and are to be sold by Richard Bentley and M. Magnes in Russel Street near Covent-Garden

Subject:

Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) Drama; Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare); English drama (Tragedy) -- 17th century; English drama (Tragedy)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Drama; Sewn endbands; Full covers; Stitching holes; Sprinkled calf bindings (Binding); books

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 76 pages; 23 cm (4to)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

4th ed.; No "W. Weak" was known to be active as a publisher or bookseller in London during this period. Pforzheimer and Wing suggest that this name may be a misprint, with William Leake having in fact been the bookseller in question.; Signatures: [A]² B-K⁴ L²; Page 75 misnumbered 57.; Title page vignette.; Copy 1 possibly presented to the Shakspeare Society of Philadelphia by J.O. Halliwell [later Halliwell-Phillipps].; Copy 1 imperfect: second leaf wanting; title leaf mounted; closely cropped at lower margin with partial loss of imprint, signatures and catchwords.; Copy 2 imperfect: first two leaves (including title leaf) wanting; closely cropped at top and bottom margins, with loss of text, running title, pagination, and signatures.; Copy 3 has first, second, and last leaves mended at margins.; Copy 4 has a ms. note by Horace Howard Furness with bibliographical information about this edition on front free endpaper; a few other bibliographical notes by Furness in margins; with Furness's autograph and bookplate.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR2750 .A29 1681 copy 2; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR2750 .A29 1681 copy 1; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR2750 .A29 1681 copy 4; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR2750 .A29 1681 copy 3

Collection:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania); English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)