§12. Phase II
Phase II represents a print run that was probably smaller than the first;
there
are ten survivors, as opposed to nineteen for the first printing. The phase
is com-
plicated by the two sub-phases of sheet A, the products of which consort
with the
other sheets of the book in contrasting ways. Sub-phase IIa is found only
with
Phase II of sheets B-D, and it sometimes occurs with the residue of Phase I
prelimi-
naries. Sub-phase IIb, on the other hand, comes only with Phase II
prelimi-
naries, and one copy (Folger STC 22459.2) even has quires B-D from the
third
phase. These groupings support my earlier assertion that Phase II consists
of two
batches of copies that left the shop at different times, or were at least
sequestered
so they could not intermix. The A sheets may have been a bit
over-printed, as
evidenced by the Folger copy that is hybridized with Phase
III.
TABLE 41. Schematic contents of copies with quire A
from Phase II
|
|
