SHAKESPEARIANA, A CATALOGUE OF THE EARLY EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, AND OF THE COMMENTARIES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS WORKS.

Author: (Shakespeare, William). Halliwell, James Orchard.
Title: SHAKESPEARIANA, A CATALOGUE OF THE EARLY EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, AND OF THE COMMENTARIES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS WORKS.
Publication: London: John Russell Smith, 1841.

  • 8vo.
  • publisher's cloth-covered boards, paper cover label
  • 46, 12 pages.

First edition. Bookplate of Sydney Williams on front pastedown. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper from 1871. Front and rear boards are detached yet present. Lacking the spine. A few of the pages near the end have separated, yet are present. Two page preface by the author. The first portion is a catalogue of single plays in the collection of Halliwell (46 pages) and the second portion is books on sale through the bookseller John Russell Smith. A very scarce catalogue which has been reprinted at least once (Anton W. Van Bekhoven, Publisher, 1968).

Seller ID: 139758

Subject: Bibliography

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