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The complete works of William Shakespeare : comprising his plays and poems, with a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introduction to each play : the text of the plays corrected by the manuscript emendations contained in the recently discovered folio of 1632 / by J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. ; to which are added glossorial and explanatory notes ; and notes to the emendations, containing the readings of former editions, by John L. Jewett ; with new and original designs by T. Matteson, engraved by Alexander Anderson.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.; Jewett, John L. (John Light), 1809-1873.; Savage, Charles C., 1820-1907, stereotyper.; Gray, John A. (John Abercrombie), 1818-1903, printer.; George F. Cooledge & Brother, publisher.
1855
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Title
The complete works of William Shakespeare : comprising his plays and poems, with a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introduction to each play : the text of the plays corrected by the manuscript emendations contained in the recently discovered folio of 1632 / by J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. ; to which are added glossorial and explanatory notes ; and notes to the emendations, containing the readings of former editions, by John L. Jewett ; with new and original designs by T. Matteson, engraved by Alexander Anderson.
Uniform title
Works. 1855. George F. Cooledge & Brother
Variant title
At head of title: Jewett's Collier's edition
Created/published
New York : Published by George F. Cooledge & Brother, 323 Pearl Street, Franklin Square : To be had of the booksellers and dealers generally throughout the United States, [1855] ([New York] : C.C. Savage, stereotyper, 13 Chambers St., New York ; [New York] : John A. Gray, printer, 95 & 97 Cliff St., N.Y.)
Description
lxxix, [1], 915, [2], 920-986 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port., facsim. ; 26 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Jewett, John L. (John Light), 1809-1873.
Savage, Charles C., 1820-1907, stereotyper.
Gray, John A. (John Abercrombie), 1818-1903, printer.
George F. Cooledge & Brother, publisher.
Note
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1855, by George F. Cooledge & Brother, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York"--Title page verso.

Stereotyper and printer from copyright page.

Publication of Collier's forgery of the Shakespeare second folio.

With a frontispiece portrait of the Chandos Shakespeare, lettered: J. Cochran.

Text in two columns; illustrations are wood engravings. Another issue published by D.S. Holmes (Brooklyn, c1855 by Cooledge) with the same setting of type has over 40 plates.

Includes a facsimile of one leaf of emendations and an inserted slip describing the emendations.

Signatures: [A]⁸ B-D⁸ 1-61⁸ 62⁴.
Genre/form
Literary hoaxes.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2755.C7 B1 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Publisher's cloth binding with spine in gold and blind stamped decorations on covers.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2755.C7 B1 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in sheep, with marbled edges, black leather spine label over repair tape: The original text of Shakespeare restored.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2755.C7 B1 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Quarter bound in tan cloth with paper boards; marbled edges.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2755.C7 B1 copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in sheep, re-backed, with marbled edges, black leather spine label: The original text of Shakespeare restored.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present