VI. Tabulation of Variants
A typical designation Ic2 indicates 1st issue, 3rd state
in order of imposition, 2d variant. Measurements, all in
millimeters, are of (1) linear width of word SHAKESPEARES, (2)
interval between heading and LONDON, (3) interval between
left "margin" and LONDON, (4) interval between chainlines
in
leaf conjugate to the one containing watermark, (5) vertical
measure of the mark.
FIRST ISSUE: Printed in 1632, state a for Robert
Allot,
state b for Thomas Cotes and others not identified by
imprint.
SECOND ISSUE: Remainders supplied with sheet printed
ca.
1641 by and for Richard Cotes.
THIRD ISSUE: Final lot of remainders, ca. 1641 or
later,
again by and for Richard Cotes.
