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The works of Shakespeare : carefully prepared from the earliest and more modern editions.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Jackman, William G., printmaker.; Sperry, R. T. (Reginald T.), 1845- illustrator.; Rossie, Jeanette Lockie, d. not before 1871, former owner.; Fruit, Henry Dyer, 1855-1941, former owner.; Hurst & Company, publisher.
1871
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Title
The works of Shakespeare : carefully prepared from the earliest and more modern editions.
Uniform title
Works. 1871. Hurst & Co.
Cover title
Works of Shakespeare complete
Created/published
New York (122 Nassau Street) : Hurst & Co., [between 1871 and 1895?]
Description
357 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 30 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Jackman, William G., printmaker.
Sperry, R. T. (Reginald T.), 1845- illustrator.
Rossie, Jeanette Lockie, d. not before 1871, former owner.
Fruit, Henry Dyer, 1855-1941, former owner.
Hurst & Company, publisher.
Note
Frontispiece portrait lettered: Jackman. Other illustrations by R.T. Sperry.

Hurst & Co. active at 122 Nassau St. from 1871 to 1895.

"Selected, where commentators have differed as to the sense of obscured or doubtful passages, from those readings which the ablest critics believe to be the most Shakespearian and best suited to a popular edition ; with illustrations."

Text in three columns.

Includes glossary.
Folger-specific note
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.
Condition
1q4 copy 2
1q5
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2754 1q4 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Publisher's cloth binding, with gold decoration.
Folger accession
1.23.41 (20)
Call number
PR2754 1q4 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Mrs. Jennette Lockie Rossie, New York. Publisher's cloth binding, with gold decoration.
Folger accession
5375
Call number
PR2754 1q5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Separate issue, with different typeface on t.p. and different portrait of Shakespeare as the frontispiece. Publisher's cloth binding, with gold decoration. Gift of Henry D. Fruit.
Folger accession
1.1.42