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The heroines of Shakespeare : comprising the principal female characters in the plays of the great poet / engraved in the highest style of art, from drawings by eminent artists with letterpress extracts from the text, in English and French ; and critical essays on each of the characters.

Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, author.; Taylor, Douglas, 1830-1913, former owner.; London Printing and Publishing Company, publisher.
1883
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Title
The heroines of Shakespeare : comprising the principal female characters in the plays of the great poet / engraved in the highest style of art, from drawings by eminent artists with letterpress extracts from the text, in English and French ; and critical essays on each of the characters.
Published
London ; New York : London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, [approximately 1883]
Description
iv, ii, 162 unnumbered pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Associated name
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, author.
Taylor, Douglas, 1830-1913, former owner.
London Printing and Publishing Company, publisher.
Note
Undated. American Publishers' Circular reported in 1860 that the plates had been sold to the London Printing and Publishing Company.
Folger-specific note
Three copies of an earlier edition (1848) cataloged as ART Vol. e97 copy 1, copy 2, copy 3.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997. Shakespeare's Unruly Women (catalog p. 27). Opening: Katherine
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print. Opening: Joan of Arc
Genre/form
Illustrated books.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.

Call number
Sh.Misc. 374
Folger-specific note
Pebbled brown leather boards, with gold tooling. Bookplate: Mr. Douglas Taylor.
Folger accession
cs587

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