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Excerpt from King Lear: Parallel Texts of the First Quarto and the First Folio
The Pide Bull quarto is noted as Q: in the Cambridge edition (vol. Viii), but has been shown, by Mr. W. G. Clark and Mr. W. A. Wright, in their preface, p. Xv, to be the first quarto edition of our play and has accordingly been marked Q: by Mr. H. H. Furness in his Variorum edition and by the editors of the Shakspere Quarto Facsimiles (nos. 33 and Mr. C. Praetorius and Mr. P. A. Daniel.
Six copies of this first quarto are known. In all of them the play commences on sheet B. (pp. 3 the title being on a separate leaf, but they differ in having 1, 2, 3, or 4 uncorrected sheets. In the present edition the six 00pies are marked as in the Cambridge edition.
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The Pide Bull quarto is noted as Q: in the Cambridge edition (vol. Viii), but has been shown, by Mr. W. G. Clark and Mr. W. A. Wright, in their preface, p. Xv, to be the first quarto edition of our play and has accordingly been marked Q: by Mr. H. H. Furness in his Variorum edition and by the editors of the Shakspere Quarto Facsimiles (nos. 33 and Mr. C. Praetorius and Mr. P. A. Daniel.
Six copies of this first quarto are known. In all of them the play commences on sheet B. (pp. 3 the title being on a separate leaf, but they differ in having 1, 2, 3, or 4 uncorrected sheets. In the present edition the six 00pies are marked as in the Cambridge edition.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
William Shakespeare
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ISBN - 9780331720297
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 184
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Author
William Shakespeare
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ISBN - 9780282625290
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 186
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