The dramatic works of Shakspeare . revised by George Steevens.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 3022426
Summary
Bibliographic description
9v., plates . ill.. . fol.. A binding variant of the copy at Belton. Bound in 12 volumes, vols. 1-9 with titlepages as expected, but wanting half-titles. Vol. 10 has been bound with the half-title for vol. IX with the I scratched from the page. Vol. 11 with the half-title to vol. I, unaltered. Vol. 12 with the full letterpress titlepage issued to accompany one of the early parts, dated 1791, the year of the first issue. The Castle Ward copy is bound in a different order to any of the copies on COPAC.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full mottled coloured calf; gilt rolled to form a border; recessed cords; spines gilt
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) George Steevens (1736-1800)