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Othello, the Moor of Venice : a tragedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, printmaker.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.; Hunstanton Hall, former owner.
1734
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Title
Othello, the Moor of Venice : a tragedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Othello
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXIV [1734]
Description
96 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, printmaker.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.
Hunstanton Hall, former owner.
Note
Title page vignette is a basket of fruit with flower sprays.

Signatures: A-D¹².

Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 7, 1735.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: v.8 p. 323, Lud. Du Guernier inv. et sculp., 21.

Chetwood advertisement on p. 96.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54719
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 221
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2829 1734b Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Red leather binding.
Folger accession
cs1288
Call number
PR2817 1734a copy 6 item 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound second 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