The plays of William Shakspeare,. accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmund Malone, Esq. with Mr. Malone’s various readings; a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, and a life of Shakespeare; by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3191312
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v., frontis.. ill.., port... 8vo. Imperfect: wanting v.2. Provenance: inscribed "Major Edgar Herapath 1895" [i.e. Edgar Herapath (1853-1933)]. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered "Spencer Herapath" [i.e. Spencer Herapath (1821-1884)]. $zBinding: early nineteenth-century full polished calf; single gold fillet; gold-tooled on spines (some spines wanting), author and volume labels.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) George Steevens (1736-1800) Edmond Malone