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Tales from Shakspeare : designed for the use of young persons / by Charles Lamb ; in two volumes.

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. author.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays. Selections.; Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.; Maxwell, James, printer.; Shepard, Joseph Amey, former owner.; Bradford and Inskeep, publisher.; Inskeep and Bradford, publisher.; Shepard Book Company, former owner.
1813
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Title
Tales from Shakspeare : designed for the use of young persons / by Charles Lamb ; in two volumes.
Uniform title
Tales from Shakespeare
Created/published
Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep , and Inskeep and Bradford, Newyork, 1813 ([Philadelphia] : J. Maxwell, printer)
Description
2 v. : 1 port. ; 18 cm
Associated name
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. author.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays. Selections.
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
Maxwell, James, printer.
Shepard, Joseph Amey, former owner.
Bradford and Inskeep, publisher.
Inskeep and Bradford, publisher.
Shepard Book Company, former owner.
Note
By Charles and Mary Lamb.
Contents
v.1. The tempest
A midsummer night's dream
The winter's tale
Much ado about nothing
As you lke it
The two gentlemen of Verona
The merchant of Venice
Cymbeline
King Lear
Macbeth. v.2. All's well that ends well
The taming of the shrew
The comedy of errors
Measure for measure
Twelfth night, or, What you will
Timon of Athens
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Othello
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. Golden Lads and Lasses.
Cited/described in
Shaw & Shoemaker, 28900
Welch, d'A. A. Amer. children's books, 744
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 476
Place of creation/publication
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Call number
Sh.Misc. 2023
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: Illegible autograph partially obscured by bookplates; bookplate of Joseph Amey Shepard; bookseller's ticket of Shepard Book Company, "Ye Olde Booke Shoppe," in Salt Lake City. Mounted slip containing bookseller's description.

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