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Shaksperian collectanea [manuscript], compiled ca. 1860.

Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, compiler.; Holmes, George, -1721.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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Title
Shaksperian collectanea [manuscript], compiled ca. 1860.
Description
63 p. ; 23 x 18 cm
Associated name
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, compiler.
Holmes, George, -1721.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Scope and content
Scrapbook, compiled by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps for the Earl of Warwick, of extracts (mostly from print works) alluding to Shakespeare from 1638 to 1715, 5 bills from 1685 to 1721, and 2 portraits of Edmund Malone. One portrait is a sketch (p. 15) and one is an engraving from 1787 (p. 33). Also includes a catch by George Holmes starting "Wilt thou be Fat?"
Note
Title from spine.
Provenance
Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library (bookplate).
Genre/form
Portraits, Male.
Prints.
Scrapbooks.
Manuscripts (documents)
Invoices.
Songs.
Drawings (visual works)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.

Call number
V.a.492
Folger accession
Warwick

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