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Great Britain
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Reference IDs
ESTC number: T93225
Folger call number: PR2841 .A14 copy 4 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 356949
Accession Number: cs614
Notes
Edition
Cooke's edition
Bibliographic format
twelvemo
General notes
Date conjectured from engravings Signatures: A-S⁶ Added-engraved title page reads: Shakespear's works : forming part of Cooke's pocket edition of the original & complete works of select British poets : or, entertaining poetical library : containing the most esteem'd poetic productions : superbly embellished. Embellished under the direction of C. Cooke, March 14, 1797 Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved by W. Ridley from a drawing by W.H. Brown ... engraved for C. Cooke, April 19, 1797 With a final contents leaf Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume
Item information about Folger PR2841 .A14 copy 4 Sh.Col
In 3 parts, no. 56, 57, 58, with original pink publisher's wrappers, with advertisements for 'Cooke's Cheap and Elegant Pocket Library'; "price one shilling"; leaves untrimmed and unopened
Also known as
Extended title: The poetical works of Shakspeare : with the life of the author : embellished with superb engravings
Alternate titles: Poetical works of Shakespeare
Related names
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
former owner: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
former owner: Kent, Elizabeth, active 1832
former owner: Bird, Alice L., active 1866
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library