Shakespeare, First Folio, 1623 (nn4v)

Like the rest of the plays in the volume, the opening of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s First Folio is marked off with a headpiece and an initial letter.

The opening of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s First Folio; like the rest of the plays in this book, the start of the play is marked off with a headpiece and an initial letter.

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William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. London: Printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount for William Jaggard et al., 1623. (sig. nn4v)

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