Works of William Shakespeare. [John Payne Collier Edition]: The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: With Various Readings, Notes, A Life of the Poet, and A History of the Early English Stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. FSA. In Eight Volumes

SHAKESPEARE, William

Edité par Whittaker & Co, London, 1844

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. The Works of William Shakespeare. [John Payne Collier Edition]. The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: With Various Readings, Notes, A Life of the Poet, and A History of the Early English Stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. FSA. In Eight Volumes. London: Whittaker & Co., 1844. Full Description: SHAKESPEARE, William. COLLIER, John Payne, [editor]. The Works of William Shakespeare. [John Payne Collier Edition]. The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: With Various Readings, Notes, A Life of the Poet, and A History of the Early English Stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. FSA. In Eight Volumes. London: Whittaker & Co., 1844. Second edition. Eight octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 220 x 134 mm). Frontispiece portrait in volume I engraved by H. Cook from the Folio Edition 1623. Uniformly bound in contemporary full tan calf. Boards double ruled in gilt. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt. Each spine with tan and brown morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. All board edges gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpaper. Some minor scuffing to boards. A bit of offsetting. Overall a very nice set. "John Payne Collier is chiefly known as a Shakespearean critic and later forger, but his interest began with rather more general early English drama; his early publications included Five Old Plays and A history of English Dramatic Poetry and Annals of the Stage. He also edited the papers of Edward Alleyn, actor and later founder of Dulwich College, for the Shakespeare Society, and was employed by the 6th Duke of Devonshire as Librarian. He represented the Duke at the prolonged sale (1834-6) of the collection of the great bibliophile and book collector Richard Heber, and became a member of the Garrick Club and the Society of Antiquaries under his aegis. In 1842-4 he published a new edition of Shakespeare's works in 8 volumes." (Royal Trust Collection). Ebisch and Schücking, p. 55. Jaggard, p. 525. HBS 69459. $1,250.

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• Titre: Works of William Shakespeare. [John Payne Collier Edition]: The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: With Various Readings, Notes, A Life of the Poet, and A History of the Early English Stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. FSA. In Eight Volumes
• Éditeur: Whittaker & Co, London
• Date de parution: 1844
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Illustrateur: COLLIER, John Payne
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