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As you like it : a comedy / by William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Draper, Somerset, bookseller.; Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, illustrator.; Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.
1755
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Title
As you like it : a comedy / by William Shakespear.
Uniform title
As you like it
Created/published
London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, MDCCLV [1755]
Description
72 p. : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Draper, Somerset, bookseller.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, illustrator.
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.
Note
Signatures: A-C¹².

Title page in red and black.

A different setting of type from the 1741 Tonson edition; substantially the same setting of type as the 1766 Tonson et al. edition.

Engraved frontispiece (leaf A1) signed: H. Gravelot in; G.Vander Gucht scu.

Not in Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T22529
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2803 1755 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in paper covered boards. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs1371