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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.
Measure, for Measure [Extracted from the First Folio]. [London: Isaac Jaggard..., 1623.]

5 December 2019, 10:00 EST
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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.

Measure, for Measure [Extracted from the First Folio]. [London: Isaac Jaggard..., 1623.]
Folio (307 x 194 mm). Modern paneled calf, blind ruled, gilt titles on spine. Margins trimmed, some repairs, tear at bottom of F5 along old repair.

FIRST PRINTING of this play, from the famous First Folio edition of Shakespeare, consisting of 24 pages on leaves F1 to G6. This dark comedy is set in Vienna and deals with morality and justice. Young Claudio is sentenced to death for fornication when his betrothed becomes pregnant, but others intercede to prevent this injustice. It was first performed in December, 1604, and first published in this form in the First Folio. See Pforzheimer 905 (for First Folio).

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