The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark
Subtitle: as it is now acted by Her Majesties Servants
By: by William Shakespeare
Contributors: Wellington, Richard, -1715, bookseller; Rumball, Edmund, -1702 or 1703, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed for Rich. Wellington, at the Dolphin and Crown in Paul's Church-Yard, and E. Rumball in Covent-Garden
Published: 1703
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
Work titles: Hamlet
Notes: Thomas Betterton's stage version (Folger card catalog).

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 s, $$; C2 f$tha; H1 me; L2 ld, $t. The ESTC has five records (N69093, N47406, N47407, N47455, T51530), although it is not clear that each ESTC record represents a different setting of type.

Signatures: [A]℗ø B-Ĺþ M℗ø.

With a cast list.

Bookseller's advertisements at bottom of title page, as well as for R. Wellington on final leaf (M2).

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection, Shakespeare, no. 229

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the second of four items bound together in a single volume that includes: [1] The tempest, or, The enchanted island [Dryden's adaptation] -- [2]: The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark [1703] / by William Shakespeare -- [3]: Macbeth [1710; D'Avenant's adaptation] -- [4]: Othello, the Moor of Venice [1705] / by W. Shakespear. In this copy, the final leaf (M2) is wanting.