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The works of William Shakespeare / edited, with a scrupulous revision of the text, by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877.; Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898.; Bell, Robert Charles, 1806-1872, printmaker.; Jackson, Robert D., active 1866, former owner.; John, George, active 1866, associated name.; Francis, William, active 1866, associated name.; Courthope, Alexander, active 1866, associated name.
1864
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Title
The works of William Shakespeare / edited, with a scrupulous revision of the text, by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke.
Uniform title
Works. 1864. Bickers & Son
Created/published
London : Bickers and Son, 1864 (Edinburgh : Printed by Ballantyne and Co.)
Description
lxi, 1,002 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 26 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877.
Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898.
Bell, Robert Charles, 1806-1872, printmaker.
Jackson, Robert D., active 1866, former owner.
John, George, active 1866, associated name.
Francis, William, active 1866, associated name.
Courthope, Alexander, active 1866, associated name.
Note
Frontispiece engraved by R.C. Bell from the Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare.

Also published by Bickers & Son in 1864 as four volumes.

Text in two columns, glossary in three.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2752 1864f2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Inscription: Robert D. Jackson, from his friends George John, William Francis & Alexander Courthope, on his leaving Eton, Election 1866. Armorial bookplate (with motto: Pro patria): Ex libris R.D. Jackson. Calf binding, with marbled endpapers and edges.
Folger accession
6.20.41