The family Shakespeare, . in one volumes; in which nothing is added to the original text; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family. By Thomas Bowdler, esq. F.R.S. & S.A.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1831
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123084
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,910p., plates . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "Katherine Jermyn Dec 9th 1836" [i.e. Lady Katherine Isabella Manners (1809-48), Countess Jermyn]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown leather; gilt and blind fillet border; spine gilt tooled and labelled "Bowdler's Family Shakespeare".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825)