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The complete works of Shakespeare : with a memoir / by Alexander Chalmers.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834.; Jewell, Robert, d. not before 1852, former owner.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
1852
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Title
The complete works of Shakespeare : with a memoir / by Alexander Chalmers.
Uniform title
Works. 1852. H.G. Bohn
Created/published
London : H.G. Bohn, 1852 (Woking, Surrey : J. Billing, printer and stereotyper)
Description
xii, 708 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 18 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834.
Jewell, Robert, d. not before 1852, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Note
Frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved by Freeman. Other plates engraved by Dobbie, A.T. Aikman, and R. Bell from works by Banks, Hamilton, Fuseli, Barney, Stothard, Westall, Burney, Peters, Smirke, Sherwin, Loutherbourg, Reynolds, Northcote, Hogarth, Ramberg, Tresham, and Cambiaso.

Text in double columns.

"Embellished by forty engravings on steel."
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 529
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2752 1852g Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Robert Jewell. Some manuscript notes. Hand coloring on some plates. Publisher's cloth binding. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
6852