Shelfmark
Krr.3.22
Author
Title
An essay on the dramatic character of Sir John Falstaff..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden., MDCCLXXVII.. [1777]
Physical description
[4], 8, 185, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
Anonymous. By Maurice Morgann.
Note
With a preliminary half-title leaf. Half title reads: "An essay on Shakespeare's Falstaff".
Note
Signatures: pi² A⁴ B-M⁸ N⁶ (-N6).
Note
Errata on leaf N5v.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T6248
Provenance
19th-century armorial bookplate of William Duer Robinson on upper pastedown.
Provenance
Late 19th-century or early 20th-century armorial bookplate of the Prime family (granted arms 1683) on upper endpaper recto.
Provenance
Bookseller's code on lower pastedown.
Binding
Rebacked and repaired. 19th-century speckled half calf with orangey-red marbled paper over pasteboard. Spine smooth and rounded (in the early 20th century?), the leather tucked in at head and tail, divided into seven compartments by transverse gold-tooled double fillets; gilt titling ('Essay on Falstaff') on red morocco label bordered by a gilt roll; gilt date ('1777') tooled at tail of spine. Textblock trimmed and sprinkled. Endpapers (wove paper) comprised of a folded bifolium or two separate sheets likewise folded, pasted down leaving one free, and reinforced with gauze-like material and ?glue; undecorated.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the half-title.
Copy-specific note
Ms. shelfmark and author's name on title-page.
Subject
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) Sir (Fictitious character)
Subject
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 King Henry IV.
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 King Henry IV.
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 Merry wives of Windsor.
Added entry--name
Davies, Thomas, ca. 1712 - 1785 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Robinson, William Duer, 1811 - 1876 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50568