The complete works of Shakspeare : including the whole of his plays, sonnets, and other poems : with explanatory and critical notes : and a carefully compiled biography of Shakspeare : illustrated with beautiful chromo-engravings, designed expressly for this edition.
1876
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Title
The complete works of Shakspeare : including the whole of his plays, sonnets, and other poems : with explanatory and critical notes : and a carefully compiled biography of Shakspeare : illustrated with beautiful chromo-engravings, designed expressly for this edition.
Uniform title
Works. 1876. Murdoch
Created/published
London : John G. Murdoch, 1876.
Description
2 v. in 1 : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
John G. Murdoch (London, England), publisher.
Kronheim & Co., printmaker.
Birmingham Public Libraries, former owner.
John G. Murdoch (London, England), publisher.
Kronheim & Co., printmaker.
Birmingham Public Libraries, former owner.
Note
Title on added title page: The works of William Shakespeare : illustrated with chromo lithographs.
Added title page is a chromolithograph, but illustrations are actually chromoxylographs, engraved and printed by J.M. Kronheim & Co.
Text in two columns.
Added title page is a chromolithograph, but illustrations are actually chromoxylographs, engraved and printed by J.M. Kronheim & Co.
Text in two columns.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
PR2752 1876k Sh.Col. (folio)
Folger-specific note
Stamp: Gift of Birmingham Public Libraries, Dec. 17, 1948. Half bound in leather, with cloth boards, marbled endpapers. Plant matter laid in throughout text block.
Folger accession
12-17-48