Bell's edition of Shakspere.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1788
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3149888.18
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.18.. ill.. (plates), music, ports., 12mo. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Binding: late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century marbled brown leather over boards; sewn on five raised bands; marbled endpapers; yellow stained edges; gilt border in 'Greek key' pattern on front and rear covers and on turnovers; single gilt fillet on board edges; decorative gold tooling to spine; green leather spine label with 'Bell's Shakespeare'; black leather spine label with 'Hamlet, T. Andronicus'; small black leather oval with volume number in gold.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)