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The taming of the shrew : a comedy / by Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, bookseller.; Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, printer.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1735
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Title
The taming of the shrew : a comedy / by Shakespear.
Uniform title
Taming of the shrew
Created/published
London : Printed by R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, in Turn-again-Lane, by the ditch-side, and may be had at his shop, the sign of Shakespear's-Head, in Change-Alley, Cornhill, MDCCXXXV [1735]
Description
72 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.
Walker, R. (Robert), approximately 1709-1761, printer.
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
A reprint of the 1714 Rowe edition.

Signatures: A-C¹².

Also issued as part of Walker's edition of The dramatick works of William Shakespear, v. 6, 1734-1735.

Engraved frontispiece after Fourdrinier (see Ford).
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54132
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 258
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2832 1735 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present