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The reference Shakspere : a memorial edition of Shakspere's plays : containing eleven thousand six hundred references / compiled by John B. Marsh.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Marsh, John B., 1835-1910.; Heywood, John, 1832-1888, publisher.; Heywood, John, 1832-1888, printer.; Marsh, John B., 1835-1910, associated name.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Simpkin, Marshall and Co., publisher.
1864
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Title
The reference Shakspere : a memorial edition of Shakspere's plays : containing eleven thousand six hundred references / compiled by John B. Marsh.
Uniform title
Plays. 1864. Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
Created/published
London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co. ; Manchester : John Heywood, 1864 (Manchester : Printed by John Heywood)
Description
vi, 921, [3] p. ; 25 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Marsh, John B., 1835-1910.
Heywood, John, 1832-1888, publisher.
Heywood, John, 1832-1888, printer.
Marsh, John B., 1835-1910, associated name.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Simpkin, Marshall and Co., publisher.
Note
Typography of title-page differs in some copies.

Text in double columns, each numbered 1-1842.

Includes index.

With a leaf of publisher's advertisements.
Condition
1864b1
1864b1
1864b2 copy 1
1864b3 copy 1
Genre/form
Proofs.
Publishers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- Manchester.

Call number
PR2752 1864b1 Sh.Col. (folio)
Folger-specific note
Proof sheets with Marsh's corrections. Imperfect: second half of volume only. Quarter bound in cloth, with marbled boards.
Folger accession
cs456
Call number
PR2752 1864b2 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: preliminary pages after title-page missing. Publisher's cloth binding.
Folger accession
cs21
Call number
PR2752 1864b3 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Title-page and half-title partially excised, affecting text. Some manuscript markings. Publisher's cloth binding, with blind decoration. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
6827
Call number
PR2752 1864b3 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Armorial bookplate (with motto: Ubique patriam reminisci): Joseph Parker Norris. Half bound in goatskin, with marbled boards and endpapers.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1864b2 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookseller's stamp: James Bayne, bookseller & stationer, Chester. Publisher's cloth binding.
Folger accession
cs622