The Tragedy of Hamlet
Subtitle: Prince of Denmarke
By: by William Shakespeare
Contributors: Smethwicke, John, -1641, publisher, bookseller; Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849, bookseller; Rodd, Horatio, active 1798-1858, bookseller; Clarke & Bedford
Edition: Newly imprinted and inlarged, according to the true and perfect copy lastly printed.
Publisher: Printed by W[illiam]. S[tansby]. for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet: vnder the diall
Published: 1625
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Work titles: Hamlet
Notes: According to modern scholarship, this, the fourth quarto edition of Hamlet, was printed in 1625. For further information see Hailey, Carter R. "The dating game: new evidence for the dates of Q4 Romeo and Juliet and Q4 Hamlet." Shakespeare quarterly (58.3 (2007)): 367-387.

Printer's name Cf. STC (2nd ed.)

Signatures: A-Nþ́ (final leaf blank)

Edition statement precedes the author's name on the title page.

Headpieces; initials.

Bartlett, H.C.  Shakespeare early editions, 82

Bartlett & Pollard.  Shakespeare's quartos (rev. ed.), 29

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, 225

ESTC S111101

Pforzheimer 881

STC (2nd ed.) 22278

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by Clarke & Bedford in red morocco grained leather panelled in double-ruled gilt with rolled edges and gilt turn-ins. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt and all text block edges are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. Thomas Pennant Barton purchased this copy from one of the Rodd brothers in 1843. The original title page is wanting and has been replaced in this copy with a facsimile by Harris.