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Timon of Athens ... : Printed complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens, and revised from the last editions ...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Cooke, George Frederick, former owner.; Frederickson, Charles William, 1823-1897, former owner.; McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
1785
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Title
Timon of Athens ... : Printed complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens, and revised from the last editions ...
Created/published
London : Printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell, British-Library, 1785.
Description
103 [1] p. [A]², B-N⁴, O². (Page 103 lacking; text supplied in ms.) 8vo.
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Cooke, George Frederick, former owner.
Frederickson, Charles William, 1823-1897, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Series statement
Bell's edition
Note
Promptbook.
Cited/described in
Shattuck: TIM, 12
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PROMPT Tim. 1
Folger-specific note
Unused.

In manuscript at end: 2 leaves of Scene Plot

Manuscript text for p. 103 and beginning of manuscript scene plot are on paper watermarked '1854'.

Engraving of George Frederick Cooke inserted after title-page.

In ink on title-page: The Private Property of Geo. Fredk. Cooke. In ink at top of p. [3]: Geo. F. Cooke. (Neither signature resembles that of the actor).

"G. F. Cooke" stamped on spine.

Volume presented by C. W. Frederickson, Mar. 12, 1886, to Thomas Jefferson McKee; McKee bookplate.