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Cymbeline : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden / by Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Wenman, Joseph, -1790, bookseller.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England); Covent Garden Theatre.
1777
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Title
Cymbeline : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden / by Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Cymbeline
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Wenman, no. 144, Fleet-Street, and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Description
21, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. (engraving) ; 22 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Wenman, Joseph, -1790, bookseller.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Covent Garden Theatre.
Note
Signatures: A-B⁴ C⁴ (-C4)

Engraved copperplate frontispiece lettered: Published by J. Wenman 1 May 1777.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T34530
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 301
Genre/form
Acting editions.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2806 1777a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Disbound. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs1681
Call number
PR2806 1777a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacks Cymbeline frontispiece "Mr. Reddish...Posthumus"; with plate from 1777 Wenman publication of Milton's Comus, "Miss Catley...Euphrosyne." Disbound. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs853
Call number
PR2806 1777a copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking frontispiece. Manuscript notations on preliminaries and final leaf. Trimmed closely at fore-edges, with occasional loss of text. Disbound. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs1323