The family Shakspeare, in eight 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.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1827
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3190885
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v. ; 22cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "Jane Crewe [i.e. Jane Crewe nee Whittaker (1799-1881), married in 1819 to Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet] 1846 8 vols." Vol. I has added inscription: "Hilda E. Harpur Crewe [i.e. Hilda Ethelfreda Harpur Crewe (1877-1949), daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe 10th Baronet and Isabel Adderley] in memory of her Great-Grandmother 1. Feby 1887. From her Great Aunts Isabel J. Crewe [i.e. Isabel Jane Crewe (1830-1909)] & Mary Adeline Crewe [(1834-1930)] . Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf, single gilt fillet forming a border. Five false raised bands. Gilt tooling on spine; red and green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt gauffered edges. Edges sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825)