The works of William Shakespeare, . the text formed from a new collation of the early editions: to which are added the original novels and tales on which the plays are founded ... and a life of the poet by James O. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S. ... The illustrations and wood-engravings by Frederick William Fairholt ...
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1853 - 1865
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3065262.14
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.14.,plates . ill. . fol.. No. 68 of 150 copies; India paper; signed by publisher and editor. Provenance: original subscriber for copy 68 = Harman Grisewood (d.1874) of Wandsworth Common & Daylesford House. Armorial bookplate: Robt. N. Philips [i.e. Robert Needham Philips (1815-1890), father of Lady Caroline Trevelyan]; pasted over an earlier plate [possibly that of the original subscriber Harman Grisewood (Franks 12940)]. Binding: Half morocco; marbled boards; gilt lettered on spine. Binding: Half morocco; marbled boards; gilt lettered on spine.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Frederick Willam Fairholt (1814-1866) James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889)