The works of Mr. William Shakespear ; in six volumes. Adorn’d with cuts. Revis’d and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author. By N. Rowe, Esq;
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1709
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3214776
Summary
Bibliographic description
6v. ([12], xil, 3324 p.), plates : ill., ports.; 8vo. Loose insert (v.1, p.85): news cutting, a letter by R.B. McKerrow in 'Bibliographical notes' on the reprint of Rowe's Shakespeare, 1709. Occasional pencil annotation, calculations, other figures. Provenance: titlepage inscribed in eighteenth-century hand "Ann Egerton"; initials "G.D" crossed through; endpaper inscribed: "Cremer Cremer" [i.e. Rev. Cremer Cremer (1795-1867)]; pastedown inscribed "R.W. Ketton-Cremer. The set rebacked by Gray of cambridge, 1956." Binding: eighteenth-century blind panelled calf; rebacked; five false bands.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), author Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718), editor