The family Shakespeare,. in ten 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.. By Thomas Bowdler, esq. F.R.S. & S.A.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3215361
Summary
Bibliographic description
The second edition.. 10 v., plate. 12mo. Provenance: Early nineteenth-century bookplate on front pastedown of "Robert Burrowes Stradone House". [i.e. Robert Burrowes (1810-1881) of Stradone House, Co. Cavan]. Twentieth-century blue ink stamp on front pastedown: "Springhill" (v. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10). Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf with single gilt fillet to form a boarder; red sprinkled edges; blind roll to edge of boards; spine with five raised bands, gilt tooled compartments, black spine title label "Shakspeare" and black volume label.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825)