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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.
Julius Caesar: a Tragedy as it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Henry Herringman, 1691.

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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.

Julius Caesar: a Tragedy as it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Henry Herringman, 1691.
4to (219 x 160 mm). 19th century half green morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, modern custom quarter green morocco box. Small repairs at fore-edge of title, scattered spotting.
Provenance: Frederick William Cosens (1819-1889, bookplate); Ralph Vallone, Jr. (bookplate).

SECOND QUARTO EDITION. Julius Caesar was one of the twenty plays which made their first appearance in the 1623 First Folio. Of these, three were issued in quarto format during the 17th century: The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar. The first quarto of Julius Caesar appeared in 1684. Bartlett placed four undated quartos between this and the present 1691 edition (making this the sixth). However, more recently Wing gave priority to this edition, placing the undated editions at around 1695. Bartlett 117; Pforzheimer 886 ("Sixth(?) edition"); Wing S-2922A.

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