Tales from Shakespear : designed for the use of young persons / by Charles Lamb.
1810
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Details
Title
Tales from Shakespear : designed for the use of young persons / by Charles Lamb.
Edition
The second edition.
Created/published
London : Printed for M.J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library, 1810.
Description
2 v. : ill., front., plates ; 18 cm
Associated name
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, author.
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847, author.
Mulready, William, 1786-1863, illustrator.
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847, author.
Mulready, William, 1786-1863, illustrator.
Note
By Charles and Mary Lamb.
With engravings designed by W. Mulready.
Another "second edition" was published in 1809.
On title page verso: T. Davison, Whitefriars, London.
Pagination: v. 1: xi, [1], 235, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates (p. [236] advertisements). v. 2: [4], 261, [3] p., [10] leaves of plates (p. [262-264] advertisements).
With engravings designed by W. Mulready.
Another "second edition" was published in 1809.
On title page verso: T. Davison, Whitefriars, London.
Pagination: v. 1: xi, [1], 235, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates (p. [236] advertisements). v. 2: [4], 261, [3] p., [10] leaves of plates (p. [262-264] advertisements).
Genre/form
Publishers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
PR2877 .L3 1810 Cage
Folger-specific note
Each v. has a bookplate with the image of a man at a table, reading by candlelight; the part with the former owner's name has been removed. Folger copies are misbound: what is marked as v.1 contains v.2 and vice versa; their shelf marking follows the binding.
Folger accession
No case or accession number present