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Merry wives of Windsor / by William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Blair, J. Talfourd, editor.; McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980, former owner.; David Bryce and Son (Glasgow, Scotland), publisher.; Frederick A. Stokes Company, publisher.; University Press (Glasgow, Scotland), printer.
1904
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Title
Merry wives of Windsor / by William Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Merry wives of Windsor
Created/published
Glasgow : David Bryce and Son ; New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1904 (Glasgow : Printed at the University Press)
Description
349 p. : ill. ; 52 mm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Blair, J. Talfourd, editor.
McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980, former owner.
David Bryce and Son (Glasgow, Scotland), publisher.
Frederick A. Stokes Company, publisher.
University Press (Glasgow, Scotland), printer.
Note
"Merry wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J. Talfourd Blair."--Half-title.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 17:6)
Genre/form
Miniature books
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2826 1904 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: McManaway. Bookplate: Presented as a memorial to Mary Frances Ruthven McManaway, 1901-1959, by James G. McManaway. Presented in a folding case, mounted inside another folding case (16x12 cm), inside a slipcase, all covered in brown moiré grosgrain fabric. Bound in sheepskin, with gold decoration on spine; decorative metal plate affixed to front cover. Gift bookplate: The Collectors' Club at the Folger Shakespeare Library, James McManaway.
Folger accession
213091