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The plays of William Shakespeare / edited and annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke ; illustrated by H.C. Selous.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877.; Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898.; Selous, Henry Courtney, 1803-1890, illustrator.; Cassell & Company, publisher.
1879
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Title
The plays of William Shakespeare / edited and annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke ; illustrated by H.C. Selous.
Uniform title
Plays. 1879. Cassell & Co.
Created/published
London ; Paris ; New York : Cassell & Co., [1879?]
Description
3 v. : ill., facsims. ; 31 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877.
Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898.
Selous, Henry Courtney, 1803-1890, illustrator.
Cassell & Company, publisher.
Note
Publication date from inscription.

Expurgated (see preface).

"We have also omitted Titus Andronicus ... not only on account of its grossness, but because of our strong conviction that it is not [Shakespeare's] writing"--Pref.

Vol. 3 contains the editors' preface, "The story of Shakespeare's life," and "Shakespeare's will."
Contents
v. 1. Comedies
v. 2. Historical plays
v. 3. Tragedies.
Folger-specific note
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.
Condition
PR2755.C6 E3e v.1-3
PR2755.C6 E5
Genre/form
Expurgated editions.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
France -- Paris.
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2755.C6 E3e Sh.Col
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Mary M. Mann, 1879. Half goatskin binding, with cloth boards; marbled endpapers.
Folger accession
1.23.41 (31)
Call number
PR2755.C6 E5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: Tragedies volume only. With a supplied, inked t.p. only. Plates laid in. Cloth binding.
Folger accession
cs803