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## Overview
This section is a subsection within the chapter [PERICLES](arke:01KG6S4D9MD59KJ70ZSS7J97J8) and focuses on copies of the play *Pericles* with a specific opening, referred to as "FIRST QUARTO I." It was extracted from the file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA) and is part of the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection. The section follows [THE EDITION OF 1609 (I and II).](arke:01KG6S5J9VC08Q4EVJ3ZKZY0HJ) and precedes [THE EDITION OF 1609(I). No. II. British Museum copy.](arke:01KG6S5J9X9M94NPB2HQ8TPXWH)
## Context
The section is part of a larger chapter dedicated to *Pericles*, within a collection of Shakespeare's works. The text provides details on the Bodleian (Malone) copy, which is reproduced in the volume. It also mentions the volume's composition, including other Shakespearean quartos bound together by Malone. The section also references historical sales of *Pericles* copies, including a 1635 copy sold in 1678 and another in 1788.
## Contents
The section primarily describes the Bodleian (Malone) copy, including its dimensions and its place within a bound volume of Shakespearean quartos. It also provides brief details on historical sales of the play, offering insights into its provenance and value over time.
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- Copies with ‘Enser’ opening, called FIRST QUARTO I.
No. I. Bodleian (Malone) copy.
The copy at the Bodleian Library, which is reproduced in this volume, measures 7$\frac{2}{16}'' \times 5\frac{7}{16}''$. It is inlaid, and forms part of a volume of seven Shakespearean quartos which were bound together by Malone and labelled ‘Shakespeare Old Quartos, Vol. III.’ The volume, which is numbered Malone 34, opens with *Lucrece*, 1594; and is followed by the *Sonnets*, 1609 (Aspley imprint); by *Hamlet*, 1607; by *Love’s Labour’s Lost*, 1598; by this edition of *Pericles*, 1609; by the 1619 edition of *Pericles*; and by *A Yorkshire Tragedy*, 1608.
¹ At a London sale on November 14, 1678, a 1635 copy was sold in a bundle of eleven other plays for qr. 6d. Another copy, at the Thomas Pearson sale (May–June, 1788), fetched sixpence.
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