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<dl><dd>This is the first edition of the text revised by John Hughes, referred to by Theobald in Shakespeare Restored, and also the first edition in 12mo; Mr. Wilks played Hamlet at Drury Lane (Ford)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-Íœ</dd>
<dd>With a cast list, and bookseller's advertisements (leaf I6v)</dd>
<dd>Engraved frontispiece (leaf A1) is a close copy of the plate engraved by Du Guernier; image engraved in reverse</dd>
<dd>Not in Barton collection catalog</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd>
<dd>Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740</dd>
<dd>Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern black cloth. The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616</dd>
<dd>Hughes, John, 1677-1720, editor</dd>
<dd>Darby, John, -1733, printer</dd>
<dd>Wellington, M., active 1717-1720, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, artist</dd></dl></div>
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