Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies
By: faithfully reproduced in facsimile from the edition of 1685.
Series: Three centuries of drama
Publisher: Methuen and co.
Published: 1953
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 828
Notes: Original title: Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio: viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine. The fourth edition. London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley...1685.

The matter on the verso of the 4th, and on the 5th and 6th prelim. leaves is printed in double columns, differing in this respect from the first three editions.

The dedication and the preface of the first folio edition are retained.

Micro-opaque of original in Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, Columbia University. New York, Microprint, 1953-56. 11 cards. 22.6 x 14.8 cm. (Three centuries of drama: 1516-1641) (Three centuries of English and American plays 1500-1800).