The works of Shakespeare: in eight volumes. Collated with the oldest copies, and corrected: with notes, explanatory, and critical: by Mr. Theobald.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1757
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3207423
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v. : ill., port. ; 12mo. Imperfect: wants v.5. Provenance: inscribed in eighteenth-century hand: Willm. Hucks [others vols: Willm. Hucks Knaresboro]; "D; H" [i.e. probably Dorothea Barnetta Gibbs, née Hucks (1760-1820)]. Vol. 1 inscribed on third endpaper: "Anne Gibbs A present from her sister Harriett in 1814". All volumes have similar. inscriptions. Nineteenth-century crest bookplate: "William Gibbs." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gold fillet border; gold ruled spine; five raised bands; gold lettered red spine labels: Theobald Shakespea.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), author Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), editor