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Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, Published according to the True Originall Copies (First Folio, HemingeCondell)
An Introduction by John Heminge and Henrie Condell
Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (Third Folio, Portrait)
Portrait of Shakespeare
Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, Published according to the True Originall Copies (First Folio, Portrait)
Portrait of Shakespeare and Poem
Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, Published according to the true Original Copies (Fourth Folio, Portrait)
Title Page and Shakespeare Portrait
Benson, Poems: Written by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent (Title Page)
Title Page. Benson’s edition of Shakespeare’s poems included the first new edition of the Sonnets since their initial publication in 1609. The volume contains a mix of Shakepseare’s sonnets and songs as well as works by other authors.
The Works of Mr. William Shakepear. Volume the Seventh. Containing, Venus & Adonis. Tarquin & Lucrece and his Miscellany Poems
Title Page
Though this volume of Shakespeare’s poetry was printed on its own, its title (“Volume the Seventh”) and layout were designed to invite the owner to add it to Rowe’s 6-volume edition of Shakespeare’s plays.
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The volume reprinted…
Though this volume of Shakespeare’s poetry was printed on its own, its title (“Volume the Seventh”) and layout were designed to invite the owner to add it to Rowe’s 6-volume edition of Shakespeare’s plays.
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The volume reprinted…
Shakespeare's Sonnets, The First Edition (Title Page)
This 1880 photolithographic facsimile reproduces Shakespeare’s Sonnets’ title page. No evidence exists tying Shakespeare directly to the publication of his sonnets. We don’t know whether he chose the order of the poems.
Cibber, The Tragical History of King Richard III (Pages 12-15)
Page 12: The opening of the dialogue between Richard and Lady Anne in Cibber’s adaptation. Note the material is all either Shakespeare’s words (indicated by italics) or what Cibber calls “generally [Shakespeare’s] thoughts” rephrased by Cibber.
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