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ESTC number: T154268
Folger call number: PR2842 1774c copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421794
Accession Number: 2056
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twelvemo
General notes
There exist three virtually identical issues of the Poems written by Shakespear, published for Bell in 1774, with different settings of type. The issues can initially be distinguished by pagination, and by points on leaves B1 and L3. This is one of two issues with continuous pagination to p. 29; a third issue exists with continuous pagination to p. 36. In this issue, the leaves measure approximately 19 cm high; leaf L3 is signed and correctly printed [page] 173; and there is a catchword on leaf B1. In the other issue with continuous pagination to p. 29, the leaves measure approximately 20 cm high; leaf L3 is unsigned and misprinted [page] '195'; and leaf B1 has no catchword Issued individually, or as Vol. IX for Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays, 1774 Date precedes booksellers' names in imprint Signatures: B¹² C⁸ D-M¹² N⁴ Engraved title page With a final leaf of advertisements for Bell
Item information about Folger PR2842 1774c copy 2 Sh.Col
Armorial bookplate (motto: Virtue vaunceth) of John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke. Bound in calf with marbled endpapers
Also known as
Extended title: Poems / written by Shakespear
Alternate titles: Poems written by Shakespeare
Related names
bookseller: Bell, John, 1745-1831
bookseller: Etherington, Christopher, active 1757-1777
former owner: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
former owner: Willoughby de Broke, John Peyto Verney, Baron, 1738-1816
former owner: Soaper, George, d. not before 1774
binder: Scheller, John C., active 18th-19th century