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Genre/Form: | Drama Plays Point sizes (Type evidence) |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Dramatic works of Shakespeare. London : William Pickering, 1826 ([London] : Corrall, printer) (OCoLC)669309985 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Shakespeare; Alexander Chalmers; William Pickering; Charles Corrall |
OCLC Number: | 12199305 |
Notes: | Added engraved t.p., illustrated (wanting in later printing). Also issued with 38 plates engraved for Pickering's "miniature classics" edition, issued under title The plays of Shakespeare : in nine volumes (1825). Printed in "diamond" type (4 1/2 point). Cf. DeVinne, T.L. The practice of typography. 1900, p. 67-68 Frontispiece port. of Shakespeare engraved by Augustus Fox from a painting by T. Stothard, after Droeshout; dated 1825. A later printing has a different frontispiece port. with facsim. signature, engraved by H. Robinson; dated 1832. Some copies on India paper and/or on large paper. Cf. Lowndes and Jaggard. Some copies have "Sketch of the life of Shakespeare, by Alexander Chalmers, A.M." ([v]-xii p.) inserted at beginning, followed by contents for a different ed. including the poems. Cf. Jaggard Glossary: p. [769]-783. |
Description: | [3], 783 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 17 cm |
Other Titles: | Plays |
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