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Titus Andronicus : a tragedy : as it is acted at the theatres / by Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, bookseller.; Smith, J., active 1730-1739, printmaker.; Dean, Anna Maria, d. not before 1736, former owner.
1736
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Title
Titus Andronicus : a tragedy : as it is acted at the theatres / by Shakespear.
Uniform title
Titus Andronicus
Created/published
London : [s.n.], printed in the year MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Description
68 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 16 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, bookseller.
Smith, J., active 1730-1739, printmaker.
Dean, Anna Maria, d. not before 1736, former owner.
Note
A reissue with cancel title of the 1734 edition, which was also issued as part of: The dramatick works of William Shakespear, v.2, London: R. Walker, 1734-1735.

Signatures: A¹² (±A1) B¹² C¹² (-C11,12).

Title page in red and black.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: Smith sc.

"On p. 68 is a note by Walker regarding the near publication of Ravenscroft's adaptation of Titus, which was probably never printed" (Ford).
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), N504292
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 298
Genre/form
Acting editions.
Booksellers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2835 1736 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Anna Maria Dean. Stamp: M.J.L. Bound in leather with gauffered tooling.
Folger accession
cs1371