Shakespeare : a reprint of his collected works : as put forth in 1623.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Booth, Lionel, active 19th century, publisher.; Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912, former owner.; Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930, former owner, inscriber.; Wilson, Francis, 1854-1935, former owner.; Strangeways and Walden, printer.; Westleys & Co., binder.
1862
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Title
Shakespeare : a reprint of his collected works : as put forth in 1623.
Uniform title
Plays. 1862. Booth
Variant title
Collective title page: Shakespeare as put forth in 1623. : a reprint of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies, published according to the true original copies.
Published
London : Printed for Lionel Booth, 1862-1864.
Printed
London : Printed by J. Strangeways and H.E. Walden
Description
3 volumes ; 24 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Booth, Lionel, active 19th century, publisher.
Sh.Col. 265- 381q Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912, former owner.
Sh.Col. 265- 381q Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930, former owner, inscriber.
Sh.Col. 265- 381q Wilson, Francis, 1854-1935, former owner.
Strangeways and Walden, printer.
PR2752 1864g copy 1 Sh.Col. Westleys & Co., binder.
Booth, Lionel, active 19th century, publisher.
Sh.Col. 265- 381q Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912, former owner.
Sh.Col. 265- 381q Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930, former owner, inscriber.
Sh.Col. 265- 381q Wilson, Francis, 1854-1935, former owner.
Strangeways and Walden, printer.
PR2752 1864g copy 1 Sh.Col. Westleys & Co., binder.
Note
Reprint in reduced-size type. Also published by Lionel Booth in a large-paper edition.
The paging and signatures of the original have been retained. There are also continuous paging and signatures at the bottom of the pages to represent the reprint. Pages explaining the collation of the 1623 Folio and the reprint were issued with each volume.
A collective title page was issued with volume 3, along with "Directions to the binder for the complete work," which instructed binders to remove the separate title pages for each volume, and insert the general title page instead.
Text in two columns.
Vignettes on facsimile title pages for volumes 2-3 pasted on.
The paging and signatures of the original have been retained. There are also continuous paging and signatures at the bottom of the pages to represent the reprint. Pages explaining the collation of the 1623 Folio and the reprint were issued with each volume.
A collective title page was issued with volume 3, along with "Directions to the binder for the complete work," which instructed binders to remove the separate title pages for each volume, and insert the general title page instead.
Text in two columns.
Vignettes on facsimile title pages for volumes 2-3 pasted on.
Contents
volume 1. Comedies
volume 2. Histories
volume 3. Tragedies.
volume 2. Histories
volume 3. Tragedies.
Original version
Facsimile reprint of: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, histories, & tragedies. London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.
Condition
copy 1:v.3
copy 2
copy 2
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- manufacture place, -- publication place.
Call number
PR2752 1864g copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookseller's ticket: George T. Juckes & Co., book merchants and exporters, 85 Aston Street, Corportation Street, Birmingham, England. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westleys and Co., London. Cloth binding, with blind decoration.
Folger accession
cs1666
Call number
PR2752 1864g copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in 1 v. Manuscript notes throughout. Cloth binding. Newspaper clippings pasted on front endpaper, note paper, with manuscript annotations, tipped and pasted in throughout.
Folger accession
cs1435
Call number
Sh.Col. 265- 381q
Folger-specific note
Three volumes bound into one, with general title page. Brown cloth boards, quarter leather. All edges dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated bookplate: Ex libris Francis Wilson. Inscription on first flyleaf verso: To Frances Wilson, with the regards of Horace Howard Furness Jr. My father says that this is an absolute copy of the 1st Folio. Manuscript annotation by Horace Howard Furnace Sr. on same page, relating to the publication of the book.
Folger accession
265381
Call number
FAST ACC 271792 (quarto)
Folger-specific note
Gift of Frederica Leighton