The birthday register : with sentiments from Shakspere.
1884
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Title
The birthday register : with sentiments from Shakspere.
Edition
Forty-seventh thousand.
Published
Farringdon St., E.C., London : Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, [between 1884 and 1899?]
Printed
Belfast : Printed by Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, Royal Ulster Works
Description
252 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustration ; 11 cm
Associated name
Miller, Wm. G (William G.), former owner.
Marcus Ward & Co., publisher.
Royal Ulster Works, printer.
Marcus Ward & Co., publisher.
Royal Ulster Works, printer.
Summary
A book which provides space for recording birthdays, paired with quotations from Shakespeare and famous birthdays for each date on the facing page.
Note
On title page: "Forty-seventh thousand." Marcus Ward & Co. seems to have issued birthday registers between the 1870s through the 1890s. This issue was produced sometime between 1884 and 1899, during the period when Marcus Ward & Co. were headquartered in Farringdon Street and had begun operating their Royal Ulster Works, before going out of business in 1899.
Plate facing the title page is an added title page printed in color to look like an illumination.
Preface (pages 5-6) signed "J.A.K."
Plate facing the title page is an added title page printed in color to look like an illumination.
Preface (pages 5-6) signed "J.A.K."
Includes
Container of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. Selections.
Genre/form
Blankbooks.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast, -- manufacture place.
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2344
Folger-specific note
Bound in black leather, stamped in gold. Manuscript inscription on verso of plate: To Miss [C?] [Dow?] with best wishes from Wm G. Miller. Acquired from Ried R. Zulager, 2017-02-03.
Folger accession
270181