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Shakespeare's plays / edited by Gulian C. Verplanck ; the illustrations designed, selected, and arranged by Robert W. Weir.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870.; Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, illustrator.; Hewet, Henry W., publisher.
1844
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Title
Shakespeare's plays / edited by Gulian C. Verplanck ; the illustrations designed, selected, and arranged by Robert W. Weir.
Uniform title
Plays. 1844. H.W. Hewet
Variant title
Title from pt.23 onward: Hewet's illuminated and illustrated Shakespeare
Created/published
New York : H.W. Hewet, [1844-1845?]
Description
47 pts. : ill., ports., music ; 29 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870.
Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, illustrator.
Hewet, Henry W., publisher.
Note
Publication date from publisher's advertisements on wrappers.

Publisher's address pts.1-22: 236 Broadway. Address beginning pt.23: 11 Spruce Street.

Same setting of type as the edition published by Harper & Bro., 1844-1847.
Contents
pt. 1-5. Hamlet
pt. 5-8. Macbeth
pt. 9-12. Othello
pt. 13-16. Merry wives of Windsor
pt. 16-19. Romeo and Juliet
pt. 21-24. King Lear
pt. 25-28. Cymbeline
pt. 29-31. Merchant of Venice
pt. 32-34. Comedy of errors
pt. 34-37. Taming of the shrew
pt. 38-40. Two gentlemen of Verona
pt. 41-43. Winter's tale
pt. 44-46. Much ado about nothing
pt. 47. Love's labour's lost (fragment)
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library PR2754 3c2b copy 2 Sh.Col
Genre/form
Publishers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2754 3c2b copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: pts.39-42 missing. Most parts in original printed paper wrappers. Presented in a clamshell box.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2754 3c2b copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: pts.1-38 only. With original printed paper wrappers. Presented in a clamshell box.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present