Plays
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3247622.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
The sixth edition.. v.3.. ill.., port... 8vo. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: Armorial bookplate "George William Blathwayt" [possibly [= Col. George William Blathwayt (1797-1871)]; ownership inscription in ink on flyleaf of "Charles Blathwayt". Binding: nineteenth-century tan leather over boards; gold tooled border to front and rear covers with floral design; decorative gold tooling to spine; marbled endpapers and book edges; green leather spine labels with author, volume title and publication date ("Lond. 1813").
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Isaac Reed (1742-1807 George Steevens (1736-1800)