Colenda Digital Repository

The tragoedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice : as it hath beene divers times acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers, by His Majesties servants

Alternate Title:
Tragedy of Othello the Moore of Venice
Contributor:
Leake, William, -1673 (bookseller)
Name:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Date:
1655
Language:
English
Provenance:
Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (autograph) (bookplate) (honoree); Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor); Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor); Kershaw, John (bookplate) (inscription); Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677 (autograph)
Publisher:
Printed for William Leak ..
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
advertisements; books
Physical Description:
2 unnumbered pages, 93 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 20 cm (4to)
Related Place:
England -- London.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
"Bartlett calls this the third edition."--ESTC.; Issued in two states. In one, there is a comma after "Othello" in line 2 of title; in the other, there is no comma after "Othello" in line 2 of title. Cf. ESTC.; Signatures: A-M⁴.; Woodcut title vignette, initial and head-piece.; Advertisement for books printed or sold by William Leake on verso of last printed leaf.; Online version available via Colenda; Identified as Early English books, 1641-1700; 297:33 on UMI microfilm.; Penn Libraries copy has a comma after "Othello" in line 2 of title.; Penn Libraries copy bound in full modern red morocco with boards tooled in gold; 2 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; author's name, brief title and date stamped in gold on spine; gold-tooled cover edges and turn-ins; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers.; Penn Libraries copy: front free endpaper and first blank leaf detached.; Penn Libraries copy has armorial bookplate of John Kershaw on front pastedown; Horace Howard Furness's armorial bookplate on front free endpaper and his autograph in pencil (along with a ms. note in his hand: "Bought at John Kershaws sale 13 July 1877") on verso of first blank leaf; autograph ("Frances Wolfreston her bouk") followed by ms. inscription in different ink ("a sad one") at head of leaf A2r; a few ms. pencil marks and annotations in text.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, EC Sh155 622oc
Collection:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)