Shakespeare, William. The plays of Shakespeare

Folger bibliographic ID: 302776
Folger call number: PR2755.C6 C1e Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 422134
Accession Number: cs1625

General notes

Publisher traded under that name between 1878 and 1883 Same setting of type as the issue published by Cassell, Petter, & Galpin [1864-1868] The illustrations are wood engravings by F. Wentworth, G. Pearson, R.S. Marriott, W.J. Linton, H. Linton and others, after Selous Expurgated (preface) "We have also omitted Titus Andronicus ... not only on account of its grossness, but because of our strong conviction that it is not [Shakespeare's] writing"--Pref Vol. 3 contains the editors' preface, "The story of Shakespeare's life," and "Shakespeare's will." Errata: v. 3, p. [vii]

Contents

v. 1. Comedies -- v. 2. Historical plays -- v. 3 Tragedies

Item information about Folger PR2755.C6 C1e Sh.Col

Armorial bookplate (motto: Non immemor beneficii): C.M. Ingleby, LL. D. Half-bound in red goatskin with red cloth boards, spine in gold; Shakespeare vignette stamped in gold; marbled endpapers and edges

Uniform title: Plays. 1878. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co
Extended title: The plays of Shakespeare / edited and annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke ; illustrated by H.C. Selous
Alternate titles: Cassell's illustrated Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877
associated with: Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898
illustrator: Selous, Henry Courtney, 1803-1890
printmaker: Wentworth, Frederick
printmaker: Pearson, George, active approximately 1860
printmaker: Marriott, R. S.
printmaker: Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897
printmaker: Linton, Henry Duff, 1815-1899
former owner: Ingleby, C. M. (Clement Mansfield), 1823-1886
publisher: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.