Shelfmark
He2.5.07
Author
Uniform title
[First Folio, 1623]
Title
Shakespeare. The first collected edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare. A reproduction in exact fac-simile of the famous first folio, 1623, by the newly-discovered process of photo-lithography, executed, by express permission of Lord Ellesmere and the Trustees of the British Museum, from the matchless copies in Bridgewater House and in the National Library, at the suggestion, and under the superintendence of H. Staunton. ;
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Day & Son, Limited, lithographers and publishers, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1866.
Physical description
[22], 303, 100 [i.e. 98], [2], 69-232, [2], [79]-80, [26], 98, [2], 109-156, 257-993 [i.e. 399]p ; 41 cm.
Note
The modern t.p. is inserted between the second and third preliminary leaves of the facsimile.
Note
Collation, errors in pagination and signatures of the original are preserved; the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies are paginated separately.
Provenance
Eton School Library bookplate recording donation by Major General Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Binding
19th-century gold-tooled red leather-effect boards with gold-tooled spine, gilt edges.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B23498