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The miscellaneous poems of William Shakspeare : to which is prefixed the life of the author.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Field, Henry Cromwell, d. not before 1821, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1821
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Title
The miscellaneous poems of William Shakspeare : to which is prefixed the life of the author.
Uniform title
Poems. 1821. Sherwin and Co.
Created/published
London : Printed for Sherwin and Co., 24, Paternoster Row, 1821 ([London] : T.W. Sherwin and Co., 24, Paternoster Row)
Description
viii, 167, [1] p.; [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. (wood engraving) ; 13 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Field, Henry Cromwell, d. not before 1821, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Printer information from colophon.

Contains Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, Sonnets, Passionate pilgrim, Lover's complaint. A preliminary life - Pope's version of Rowe's 'some account' cut and slightly adapted.

Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Sears.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2842 1821 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Armorial bookplate (motto: Actu vitam metiamur nontempore) of Henry Cromwell Field. Bound in calf.
Folger accession
cs1743
Call number
PR2842 1821 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Halliwell-Phillipps copy.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present