B23498

Shelfmark

H.Fac

Author

Shakespeare, William

Uniform title

[First Folio, 1623]

Title

Shakespeare. The first collected edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare. A reproduction in exact fac-simile of the famous first folio, 1623, by the newly-discovered process of photo-lithography, executed, by express permission of Lord Ellesmere and the Trustees of the British Museum, from the matchless copies in Bridgewater House and in the National Library, at the suggestion, and under the superintendence of H. Staunton. ;

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Day & Son, Limited, lithographers and publishers, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields,, 1866.

Physical description

[22], 303, 100 [i.e. 98], [2], 69-232, [2], [79]-80, [26], 98, [2], 109-156, 257-993 [i.e. 399]p ;, 41 cm.

Note

The modern t.p. is inserted between the second and third preliminary leaves of the facsimile.

Note

Collation, errors in pagination and signatures of the original are preserved; the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies are paginated separately.

Provenance

Eton School Library bookplate recording donation by Major General Villiers Hatton.

Provenance

Bookplate of Villiers Hatton.

Binding

19th-century gold-tooled red leather-effect boards with gold-tooled spine, gilt edges.

Added entry--name

Hatton, Villiers, Major General,, former owner.

Added entry--name

Staunton, Howard

Added entry--name

Preston, R.W.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B23498

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aH.Fac

1001#$aShakespeare, William

24010$aFirst Folio, 1623

24510$aShakespeare. The first collected edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare. A reproduction in exact fac-simile of the famous first folio, 1623, by the newly-discovered process of photo-lithography, executed, by express permission of Lord Ellesmere and the Trustees of the British Museum, from the matchless copies in Bridgewater House and in the National Library, at the suggestion, and under the superintendence of H. Staunton. ;

260##$aLondon :$bDay & Son, Limited, lithographers and publishers, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields,$c1866.

300##$a[22], 303, 100 [i.e. 98], [2], 69-232, [2], [79]-80, [26], 98, [2], 109-156, 257-993 [i.e. 399]p ;$c41 cm.

500##$aThe modern t.p. is inserted between the second and third preliminary leaves of the facsimile.

500##$aCollation, errors in pagination and signatures of the original are preserved; the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies are paginated separately.

561##$aEton School Library bookplate recording donation by Major General Villiers Hatton.

561##$aBookplate of Villiers Hatton.

563##$a19th-century gold-tooled red leather-effect boards with gold-tooled spine, gilt edges.

7001#$aHatton, Villiers$cMajor General,$eformer owner.

7001#$aStaunton, Howard

7001#$aPreston, R.W.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.