Shakespeare.
Subtitle: The first collected edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare.
By: A reproduction in exact fac-simile of the famous first folio, 1623, by the newly-discovered process of photo-lithography, executed, by express permission of Lord Ellesmere and the Trustees of the British Museum, from the matchless copies in Bridgewater House and in the National Library, at the suggestion, and under the superintendence of H. Staunton. R. W. Preston, photo-lith.
Contributors: Heminge, John, ca. 1556-1630, ed.; Condell, Henry, d. 1627, joint ed.; Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874.; Preston, R. W.; George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Day & Son, limited
Published: 1866
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Notes: The modern t.-p. is inserted between the 2d and 3d preliminary leaves of the facsimile.
Collation, errors in paging and signatures of the original are preserved. The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies are paged separately, with many errors, omissions and repetitions (last page numbered 993).
Includes the dedication and the preface of John Heming and Henry Condell.