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The winter's tale / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1735
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Title
The winter's tale / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Winter's tale
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXV [1735]
Description
84 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller.
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
"Printed from the 1728 Pope edition, retaining the shining passages, but only a few of the scene divisions and none of the notes"--Folger card catalog.

Frontispiece engraved by P. Fourdrinier.

Title vignette.

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall.

Signatures: A-C¹² D⁶.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54737
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2839 1735 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Quarter bound in brown sheep with paper boards and gilt spine title.
Folger accession
cs979
Call number
PR2839 1735 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Armorial bookplate (no motto): Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library; manuscript number. Half bound black sheep with marbled paper boards and endpapers and gilt spine title.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2839 1735 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Manuscript number '6' at end. Disbound, in paper wrappers.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2839 1735 copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Disbound, in paper wrappers.
Folger accession
cs1186