Shakspere's King Henry the Fourth Part 1; The First Quarto, 1598; A Facsimile in Photo-Lithography by William Griggs (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Shakspere's King Henry the Fourth: Part 1; The First Quarto, 1598; A Facsimile in Photo-Lithography by William Griggs <p>But, however interesting such allusions as those of Meres and Jonson may be, the entry in the Stationers' Registers remains our most important guide to the date at which the play was written, proving as it does that it cannot have been later than February, 1598 and if, as will be shown, the Second Part had also been produced by this date, we may be fairly safe in asserting that it cannot have been later than some time in 1597. Very possibly it may have been written in the summer of that year, and followed by the Second Part in the winter of 1597-8. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.