Shakespeare, William. The complete dramatic and poetical works of William Shakespeare : with a summary outline of the life of the poet and a description of his most authentic portraits, collected from the latest and most reliable sources

Folger bibliographic ID: 302357
Folger call number: PR2752 1889l Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421476
Accession Number: 178133

Edition

Fine Avon ed

General notes

Printed in two columns "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1878, by Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--title page verso "A descriptive analysis of the plots of the plays, prepared with great care by Mr. Julius Frankel, is presented as peculiar to this edition."--Publishers' announcement "With twenty-five full-page illustrations by the most eminent English and German Shakespearian artists."--Title page Illustrations engraveed by C.W. Sheeres, H. Taft, Ruffle, and W.A. from works by W.H. Boot, T.H. Nicholson, and W. Hind

Item information about Folger PR2752 1889l Sh.Col

Publisher's leather binding with marbled endpapers. Pencil manuscript eight-line excerpt of "Long Years Have Past" by Sir Thomas Moore preceding t.p. (in Union First Line Index of English Verse): "Then here's to thee, kind friend & long ... ". Laid-in (p. 134): printed page from the periodical "This Week in the Nation's Capital" (Week of February 23 to March 1, 1930). Laid-in (p. 238): dried flower

Uniform title: Works. 1889. Edward Meeks
Extended title: The complete dramatic and poetical works of William Shakespeare : with a summary outline of the life of the poet and a description of his most authentic portraits, collected from the latest and most reliable sources / by John S. Hart ; to which is appended a descriptive analysis of the plot of each play ; together with an alphabetical index to the characters of Shakespeare's plays, an index to familiar passages, and a complete glossary of the words used in the text that vary from their modern signification ; the text ed. by W.G. Clark and W.A. Wright

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877
associated with: Clark, William George, 1821-1878
associated with: Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914
printmaker: Sheeres, Charles William
printmaker: Taft, H., active 19th century
19th cent.: Ruffle
illustrator: Nicholson, Thomas Henry, -1870
illustrator: Hind, W., active 19th century
illustrator: Boot, W. H. J. (William Henry James), 1848-1918
printer: Wm. F. Fell & Co.