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Shelfmark

Gn.5.01 - Gn.5.08, Gn.5.22

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Title

Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays, as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London; regulated from the prompt books of each house by permission; with notes critical and illustrative; by the authors of the dramatic censor.

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Shakespeare's plays

Edition

[The second edition]

Publication, distribution, etc.

London : Printed for John Bell, near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, and C. Etherington at York.; MDCCLCCIIII. [1774]

Physical description

5 v. in 7, plates : ports. ; 19 cm. (12mo)

Note

"Authors of Dramatic censor" = Francis Gentleman and others.

Note

The volumes' title pages are engraved.

Note

Each play has a separate letterpress title page, dated 1773.

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of the Lindsay family, with motto “Astra, castra, numen, lumen, munimen” on front pastedown. Armorial bookplate of the Crawford Library of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, on front endpaper recto.

Binding

18th-century brown Spanish calfskin over pasteboards. Covers undecorated. Spine with no raised bands; gilt tools and titling ("Bell's Shakespeare"; "vol [number]"). Textblock rounded and dyed yellow. Endpapers of marbled paper (pastedowns and facing flyleaves); three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.

Copy-specific note

Ms. notes in pencil about price of set of volumes ("9 vols £2/107-") on front flyleaves.

Subject

English drama (Tragedy).

Subject

Historical drama, English.

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England London.

Language code

eng

Identifier

B46929
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