The family Shakespeare : In four volumes ...
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1807
Materials
Place of origin
Bath
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149393
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. ; 8vo. Vols. 1-3 shelved separately from vol. 4. Provenance: nineteenth century armorial bookplate with crest depicting a lion statant with tail extended and the Talbot motto "Prest d'accomplir" on front pastedown to all volumes. Binding: nineteenth century sprinkled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards; gilt tooling, gilt tooled title label reading "Family Shakespeare", volume numbers and contents lists on spine; text block edges sprinkled brown.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), editor