Shakespeare's plays : with his life : illustrated with many hundred wood-cuts / executed by H.W. Hewet, after designs by Kenny Meadows, Harvey, and others ; edited by Gulian C. Verplanck ; with critical introductions, notes, etc., original and selected ; in three volumes.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870.; Hewet, Henry W., (Henry W.), active 1840-1850, printmaker.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.; Knight, Charles, 1791-1873.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.; Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874, illustrator.; Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.; Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876, former owner.; Potter, Mary M., d. not before 1847, signer.; Joyce, John, d. not before 1847, former owner.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Harper & Brothers, publisher.
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Shakespeare's plays : with his life : illustrated with many hundred wood-cuts / executed by H.W. Hewet, after designs by Kenny Meadows, Harvey, and others ; edited by Gulian C. Verplanck ; with critical introductions, notes, etc., original and selected ; in three volumes.
Uniform title
Plays. 1847. Harper & Bros.
Variant title
Added t.p.: Illustrated Shakespeare
Created/published
New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1847.
Description
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870.
Hewet, Henry W., (Henry W.), active 1840-1850, printmaker.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Knight, Charles, 1791-1873.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874, illustrator.
Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.
Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876, former owner.
Potter, Mary M., d. not before 1847, signer.
Joyce, John, d. not before 1847, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Harper & Brothers, publisher.
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870.
Hewet, Henry W., (Henry W.), active 1840-1850, printmaker.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Knight, Charles, 1791-1873.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874, illustrator.
Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.
Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876, former owner.
Potter, Mary M., d. not before 1847, signer.
Joyce, John, d. not before 1847, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Harper & Brothers, publisher.
Note
The first American illustrated Shakespeare. Complete sets of this, the only printing, are scarce due to destruction of the plates in Harper's 1853 fire (See Westfall).
Issued in parts, most with wrappers having title: Harper's illuminated and illustrated Shakespeare. The fascicles, though numbered, were not intended to be bound in numerical order. The order prescribed by the publisher and printed in the table of contents (v. 1.p. [iii]) is that followed in the LC copy; Verplanck, however, urged (v. 1, p. xiii) subscribers to arrange the plays--within the three groups, Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies--in the order of their composition. To this end, the plays are each separately paged, without continuous pagination.
The text is based on Collier's; illustrations from Knight's pictorial edition. (See Jaggard)
Each volume with an added, illustrated title page.
With Some account of the life of William Shakespeare, written by Rowe, and A life of William Shakespeare, abridged from Collier.
Issued in parts, most with wrappers having title: Harper's illuminated and illustrated Shakespeare. The fascicles, though numbered, were not intended to be bound in numerical order. The order prescribed by the publisher and printed in the table of contents (v. 1.p. [iii]) is that followed in the LC copy; Verplanck, however, urged (v. 1, p. xiii) subscribers to arrange the plays--within the three groups, Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies--in the order of their composition. To this end, the plays are each separately paged, without continuous pagination.
The text is based on Collier's; illustrations from Knight's pictorial edition. (See Jaggard)
Each volume with an added, illustrated title page.
With Some account of the life of William Shakespeare, written by Rowe, and A life of William Shakespeare, abridged from Collier.
Contents
v. 1. Histories
v. 2. Comedies
v. 3. Tragedies.
v. 2. Comedies
v. 3. Tragedies.
Exhibited
Copy 1 Vol. 1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Shakespeare in American Life (catalog entry 64)
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 525
Modern Lang. Assn. of Amer. Publications, XXII, p. 661-666
Westfall, A. Van R. American Shakespeare criticism, p. [128]-136
Modern Lang. Assn. of Amer. Publications, XXII, p. 661-666
Westfall, A. Van R. American Shakespeare criticism, p. [128]-136
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
PR2752 1847c copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Mary M. Potter, Phila., Pa. Blind stamp: John Joyce. Bound in pebbled leather, with gold decoration; gilt edges. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
6014
Call number
PR2752 1847c copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Half bound in calf, with marbled boards, edges, and endpapers. Newspaper clippings laid and pasted in.
Folger accession
cs197
Call number
PR2752 1847c copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
A portion of Shakespeare's Sonnet 111 and all of Sonnet 121 copied in manuscript on front flyleaf of v.1. Half bound in leather, with marbled boards.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1847c copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in leather, with elaborate gold decoration. Letters from Verplanck to the Rev. Dr. Sprague laid in, removed and cataloged seperately.
Folger accession
cs488