Accession number
PML 142084-142103
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
London : Printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell, British Library, 1788.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title transcription and imprint from t.p. for volume 3.
Volumes 1 and 2 have title pages reading: Prolegomena to the dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere.
Illustrated with 92 engraved plates, including a portrait of a popular Shakespearean performer of the day in character and an illustrative vignette preceding each play; engravings executed by F. Bartolozzi, Thornthwaite, Delattre, Grignion, J. Hall, J.K. Sherwin, Ch. Sherwin, N. le Mire, and others, after designs by E.F. Burney, J. Ramberg, P.J. de Loutherbourg, Wm. Hamilton, Moreau le Jeune, and others.
Engraved dedication page, addressed to the Prince of Wales, following the t.p. and portrait plate of the prince in v. 1.
Each play has a separate pagination and t.p., dated 1785-86, followed by a set of Annotations with a separate pagination and t.p., dated 1787.
List of subscribers in v. 1, p. 3-60.
Volumes 1 and 2 have title pages reading: Prolegomena to the dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere.
Illustrated with 92 engraved plates, including a portrait of a popular Shakespearean performer of the day in character and an illustrative vignette preceding each play; engravings executed by F. Bartolozzi, Thornthwaite, Delattre, Grignion, J. Hall, J.K. Sherwin, Ch. Sherwin, N. le Mire, and others, after designs by E.F. Burney, J. Ramberg, P.J. de Loutherbourg, Wm. Hamilton, Moreau le Jeune, and others.
Engraved dedication page, addressed to the Prince of Wales, following the t.p. and portrait plate of the prince in v. 1.
Each play has a separate pagination and t.p., dated 1785-86, followed by a set of Annotations with a separate pagination and t.p., dated 1787.
List of subscribers in v. 1, p. 3-60.
Description
20 v. : ill. (engravings), ports. ; 21 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of Thomas Mansel Talbot; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full green morocco tooled in gilt by C. Kalthoeber.
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