The handsomest edition of Shakespeare : recently published in 8 vols. 8vo, price 4l. 16s. cloth, new edition of Shakespeare's Works, comprising the plays and poems, the text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions : with the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage, by J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A.
1844
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Title
The handsomest edition of Shakespeare : recently published in 8 vols. 8vo, price 4l. 16s. cloth, new edition of Shakespeare's Works, comprising the plays and poems, the text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions : with the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage, by J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A.
Published
[London] : Whittaker and Co.?, [1844?]
Description
1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm
Associated name
Summary
Handbill prospectus produced by Whittaker & Co. to advertise their new edition of Shakespeare, compiled and edited by John Payne Collier. Includes excerpted praise from current periodicals.
Note
"The Type of this edition has been expressly cast for it, and is the largest used for Shakespeare's Works for these Twenty Years."
"This Work is well adapted for Christmas, Birth-day, and New Year's Gifts."
"This Work is well adapted for Christmas, Birth-day, and New Year's Gifts."
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2241
Folger-specific note
Adopted by Roger and Robin Millay, Acquisitions Night 2015.
Folger accession
268652