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Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor / William Shakespeare ; mit zwölf Kupfern von Daniel Chodowiecki.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Baudissin, Wolf, Graf, 1789-1878, translator.; Walther, Friedrich, Dr., editor.; Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, illustrator.; Eigenbrödler Verlag, publisher.; Otto v. Holten (Firm), printer.; Birmingham Public Libraries, donor.
1924
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Title
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor / William Shakespeare ; mit zwölf Kupfern von Daniel Chodowiecki.
Uniform title
Merry wives of Windsor. German. 1924
Published
Berlin : Eigenbrödler Verlag, [1924]
Printed
Berlin : Otto v. Holten, [1924]
Description
167 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Baudissin, Wolf, Graf, 1789-1878, translator.
Walther, Friedrich, Dr., editor.
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, illustrator.
Eigenbrödler Verlag, publisher.
Otto v. Holten (Firm), printer.
Birmingham Public Libraries, donor.
Note
Date from Blinn & Schmidt.

Schlegel's translation completed by Wolf Graf von Baudissin and Dorothea Tieck, with notes only by Tieck himself--see Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, volume 38, page 271, etc. Wikipedia attributes the translation of Merry Wives to Baudissin.

"Friedrich Walther... nach der Schlegel-Tieck Übertragung herausgab"--colophon.

"einer einmaligen Auflage von 1000 numerierten Exemplaren gedruckt."--colophon.
Cited/described in
Blinn & Schmidt. Shakespeare-deutsch, C 1430
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Berlin.

Call number
PR2796.G3 M4 A11 1924 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Half red leather binding with hardback paper boards, gilt tops, and gilt title on spine. Stamp: Gift of Birmingham Public Libraries, Apr 2 1946. Number 201 of the edition. Folger bookplate: Gift of Birmingham Public Libraries.
Folger accession
4.2.46
Former call number
PR2796.G3 M4 A11 Sh.Col.