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Julius Caesar : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by his Majesty's Servants / by William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.; Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.; Hunstanton Hall, former owner.
1741
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Title
Julius Caesar : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by his Majesty's Servants / by William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Julius Caesar
Created/published
London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, MDCCXLI [1741]
Description
70 p. : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Hunstanton Hall, former owner.
Note
"A reprint of one of the 1734 separate Tonson editions. Despite "as it is acted ..." on the title, it is not a stage version"--(Folger card catalog).

Engraved frontispiece (leaf A1) lettered: Du Guernier in.; G. Van dr. Gucht scul.

Signatures: A-B¹² C¹² (-C12).

Title page printed in red and black.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T29282
Genre/form
Acting editions.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2808 1741 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in half red sheep over red cloth boards; gilt spine title.
Folger accession
cs534
Call number
PR2808 1741 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy. Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle.
Call number
PR2808 1741 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Disbound.
Call number
PR2817 1734a copy 6 item 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound third in a volume of 5 18th c. Shakespeare plays. Armorial stamp on t.p.: Hunstanton Hall. Bound in leather; spine lettered: Select plays, [v.] 7.
Folger accession
cs1788
Call number
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