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Folger call number: PR2752 1791-1802c Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351157
Accession Number: cs1164
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folio
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The edition is based upon the 1790 Malone and 1793 Steevens editions Only volume one with volume title page, dated 1791 Possibly also issued in 18 parts or 9 volumes in 1791 and 1802 Plays are paginated separately, have no signatures, and are bound in no designated order Each play has a colophon reading: From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & Co Plates, dated 1791-1803, are mainly by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who executed the greatest number of plates are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James Heath Not in ESTC
Item information about Folger PR2752 1791-1802c Sh.Col
Bookplate of Edward J. Poynter. Two notes in manuscript ink tipped in at v. 1 title page: "Presented by Alderman Boydell to Thomas Banks, Esqr. Ret., 1791"; another note: Brooklyn, June 15, 1877, to Tom Burton from Anne Burton, bequeathing her copy to Edward Poynter, M.A.; Edward Burton autograph v. 5. Half calf binding with marbled boards and speckled edges
Also known as
Extended title: The dramatic works of Shakspeare / revised by George Steevens
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of Shakespeare
Related names
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
illustrator: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801
illustrator: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
printer: Martin, William, 1753-
illustrator: Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
illustrator: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801
illustrator: Northcote, James, 1746-1831
illustrator: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
illustrator: Opie, John, 1761-1807
illustrator: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
printmaker: Parker, James, 1750-1805
printmaker: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819
printmaker: Heath, James, 1757-1834
former owner: Poynter, Edward John, 1836-1919
former owner: Banks, Thomas, active 1791
bookseller: Nicol, G. (George), 1740?-1828
bookseller: John and Josiah Boydell (Firm)
printer: W. Bulmer and Co.