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1632ref. 29671London: by Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot 1632. From the Second Folio of Shakespeare. A sheet rescued from a single folio still bearing a copy of its original title page naming Robert Allot who was owner of the rights to sixteen plays. The text on this bifolium includes one of the great lines of Shakespeare one which we all love to quote see the provided close-up image to find it. Bi-Folium a complete bifolium with two folio leaves still attached and unseparated. 4 pp. 273 274 275 276. A large and very well preserved copy of this very rare and unusual survival original sewing holes and any other tiny imperfections expertly perfected according to the exacting standards established by the American Institute of Conservation. A RARE OFFERING FROM THE SECOND FOLIO. A RARE OFFERING FROM THE SECOND FOLIO. Made at Thomas Cotes' print shop located at the Signe of the Blacke Beare in Pads Church-yard. this is an example that few have ever seen but for the original 17th century purchasers and binders of Cotes' loose sheets and in later centuries folio conservators or binders working on the rare individual sheet that only remained in sheet form until being rebound back into its folio for use as numbered pages. It also originates from one of the first two folio editions of 1623 and 1632 of which only 1500 or so total combined copies were printed. With the hindsight of 400 years sheets were something that no one thought to preserve in 1632 These folio sheets were printed specifically for binding into complete copies of the Second Folio. Ironically extra sheets would probably have been considered "printer's waste" and discarded or perhaps given away as "mementos". [by Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot] unknown
1632ref. 19044London: by Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot 1632. From the famed Second Folio of Shakespeare. Folio quarter brown calf and marbled boards gilt lettered and ruled on the spine. 251-302. A very handsome and large copy the binding in excellent order the text in nice condition and with only typical or occasional mild spotting or light aging the last two leaves of Hamlet supplied from a different folio then the rest. RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT. Two of Shakespeare's most famous plays extracted from the Second Folio edition of his COMEDIES HISTORIES AND TRAGEDIES a cornerstone--and some would say foundation--of English literature. While the complete Second Folio is one of the book collector's great prizes a status well reflected in its price these days this is an opportunity to acquire two of the best plays from the volume bound separately. THE ESSENCE OF SHAKESPEARE and truly the earliest obtainable printings of HAMLET or MACBETH that one could purchase. This 2nd Folio printing of MACBETH is the second time only that this great play was printed. MACBETH is a tragedy so great that for centuries it has been considered bad luck to even speak its name inside a theatre thus it is almost universally referred to by stage actors simply as “the Scottish play”. HAMLET contains the great line “to be or not to be” considered the most often quoted of all of the Bard’s many many well quoted lines. In either case these are the earliest obtainable printings of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. [by Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot] hardcover