Hamlet: the First Quarto, 1603. a Facsimile in Photo-lithography by William Griggs; With Forewords by Frederick J. Furnivall
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1290683433 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
(2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
This book is not what its cover says it is If this book were actually a facsimile of the 1603 quarto (the "First Quarto," aka the "Bad Quarto"), as the title and book cover proclaim, I would be entirely happy with it - it is an outstanding print produced by a very high-quality photographic process from an excellent lithograph published by William Griggs in 1880. In other words, almost everything matches the title and description of the book as shown in Amazon's listing. The trouble is, the cover is the only