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A collection of lithographic facsimiles of the early quarto editions of the separate works of Shakespeare : including every known edition of all the plays which were issued during the lifetime of the great dramatist / by Edmund William Ashbee ; in forty-eight volumes.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Ashbee, Edmund W. (Edmund William); Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889.; Ashbee, Edmund W. (Edmund William), associated name.; Tuckett, J. D. (John Debell), associated name.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, associated name.; Chiswick Press, publisher.; Whittingham & Wilkins, printer.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1861
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Title
A collection of lithographic facsimiles of the early quarto editions of the separate works of Shakespeare : including every known edition of all the plays which were issued during the lifetime of the great dramatist / by Edmund William Ashbee ; in forty-eight volumes.
Uniform title
Works. Selections. 1861
Created/published
London : For private circulation only, 1861-1871 ([London] : Chiswick Press : Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins)
Description
48 v. : facsims. ; 24 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Ashbee, Edmund W. (Edmund William)
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889.
Ashbee, Edmund W. (Edmund William), associated name.
Tuckett, J. D. (John Debell), associated name.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, associated name.
Chiswick Press, publisher.
Whittingham & Wilkins, printer.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Edited by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps (Folger card catalog).

Fifty copies originally printed, with 19 later being destroyed (Ms. note in Folger copy).

Each leaf printed on recto only.
Contents
v. 1. Introductory material
v. 2. Venus and Adonis, 1593
v. 3. Rape of Lucrece, 1594
v. 4. Venus and Adonis, 1594
v. 5. Romeo and Juliet, 1597
v. 6. King Richard II, 1597
v. 7. King Richard III, 1597
v. 8. Love's labour's lost, 1598
v. 9. King Richard II, 1598
v. 10. King Henry IV, part 1, 1598
v. 11. King Richard III, 1598
v. 12. King Henry IV, part 1, 1599
v. 13. Romeo and Juliet, 1599
v. 14. Much ado about nothing, 1600
v. 15. Titus Andronicus, 1600
v. 16. Midsummer night's dream, 1600
v. 17. Midsummer night's dream, 1600
v. 18. Merchant of Venice, 1600
v. 19. Merchant of Venice, 1600
v. 20. King Henry IV, part 2, 1600
v. 21. King Henry IV, part 2, 1600
v. 22. Henry V, 1600
v. 23. Merry wives of Windsor, 1602
v. 24. Henry V, 1602
v. 25. King Richard III, 1602
v. 26. Hamlet, 1603
v. 27. Hamlet, 1604
v. 28. King Henry IV, part 1, 1604
v. 29. Hamlet, 1605
v. 30. King Richard III, 1605
v. 31. King Lear, 1608
v. 32. King Lear, 1608
v. 33. King Richard II, 1608
v. 34. King Henry IV, part 1, 1608
v. 35. Henry V, 1608
v. 36. Romeo and Juliet, 1609
v. 37. Troilus and Cressida, 1609
v. 38. Pericles, 1609
v. 39. Pericles, 1609
v. 40. Titus Andronicus, 1611
v. 41. Pericles, 1611
v. 42. Hamlet, 1611
v. 43. King Richard III, 1612
v. 44. King Henry IV, part 1, 1613
v. 45. King Richard II, 1615
v. 46. Romeo and Juliet, undated
v. 47. Merry wives of Windsor, 1619
v. 48. Othello, 1622.
Condition
no.1-48
no.1,8,25,35,42,44
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library PR2752 1861-1871 Sh.Col
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2752 1861-1871 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Manuscript notes by Ashbee on the limitation of 50 copies and John Tuckett on the destruction of 19 copies, as well as manuscript date and numbering signed "J.O. Halliwell," at the beginning of each volume. An extra copy of no.35 printed double-sided, with a manuscript note: "This is the only copy printed in this form, J.O.H." Bookplate: Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library. Half bound in goatskin, with marbled boards and endpapers; gilt edges.
Folger accession
cs164