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Creator
Date
©1898
Location
New York and St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
United States
St. Louis, Missouri
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
438 p., [8] leaves of plates
Language
English
Size
32 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 302694
Folger call number: PR2754 1zd3 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421999
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present
Folger call number: PR2754 1zd3 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421999
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present
Notes
General notes
Frontispiece portrait taken from the bronze statue of Shakespeare by J.Q.A. Ward in Central Park, N.Y The illustrated introduction differs in paper and type from the text, which is in three columns and apparently older
Item information about Folger PR2754 1zd3 copy 1 Sh.Col
In a black paper wrapper, printed in gold, and textured to look like alligator skin
Also known as
Uniform title: Works. 1898. N.D. Thompson Pub. Co
Extended title: William Shakespeare, his complete dramatic works : with Tarquin and Lucrece, The passionate pilgrim, the Sonnets and minor poems : a new illustrated edition with photo-engravings of the home and haunts of Shakespeare at Stratford, and full page reproductions of the celebrated engravings of the rare Knight edition / illustrated by Orchardson, Houston, Cope, Stone, Pott, Sir John Gilbert, and other famous artists ; to which are added Taine's estimate of Shakespeare, Washington Irving's Essay on Stratford, an introductory paper on Shakespeare's life and times, and an introduction to each play specially prepared for this edition by William Vincent Byars
Extended title: William Shakespeare, his complete dramatic works : with Tarquin and Lucrece, The passionate pilgrim, the Sonnets and minor poems : a new illustrated edition with photo-engravings of the home and haunts of Shakespeare at Stratford, and full page reproductions of the celebrated engravings of the rare Knight edition / illustrated by Orchardson, Houston, Cope, Stone, Pott, Sir John Gilbert, and other famous artists ; to which are added Taine's estimate of Shakespeare, Washington Irving's Essay on Stratford, an introductory paper on Shakespeare's life and times, and an introduction to each play specially prepared for this edition by William Vincent Byars
Related names
author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Byars, William Vincent, 1857-1938
associated with: Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893
associated with: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
illustrator: Orchardson, William Quiller, Sir, 1832-1910
illustrator: Houston, John Adams, 1812?-1884
illustrator: Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890
illustrator: Stone, Frank, 1800-1859
illustrator: Pott, Laslett John, 1837-1898
illustrator: Gilbert, John, 1817-1897
illustrator: Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
publisher: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co.
former owner: Gail Borden Public Library
associated with: Byars, William Vincent, 1857-1938
associated with: Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893
associated with: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
illustrator: Orchardson, William Quiller, Sir, 1832-1910
illustrator: Houston, John Adams, 1812?-1884
illustrator: Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890
illustrator: Stone, Frank, 1800-1859
illustrator: Pott, Laslett John, 1837-1898
illustrator: Gilbert, John, 1817-1897
illustrator: Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
publisher: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co.
former owner: Gail Borden Public Library