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The beauties of Shakespeare : selected from his plays and poems.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Company of Booksellers (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1783
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Title
The beauties of Shakespeare : selected from his plays and poems.
Uniform title
Works. Selections. 1783
Created/published
Dublin : Printed for the Company of Booksellers, 1783.
Description
xxiii, [1], 275 [i.e. 251], [1] p. , [1] leaf of plates ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Company of Booksellers (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
A different collection from William Dod's of the same title; the anonymous editor has not been identified.

Signatures: A-L¹² M⁶.

The title page is an engraved plate with a vignette of Shakespeare.

Page 251 misnumbered '275'.

Includes An account of the life of William Shakespeare.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), N32782
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Ireland -- Dublin.

Call number
PR2767 .K3 1783a Cage
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library. Manuscript notes at end in a later hand, slightly cropt at fore-edge; manuscript numbers. Half bound in goatskin with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present

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