Shelfmark
Go.4.08(02)
Title
The Alleyn papers. A collection of original documents illustrative of the life and times of Edward Alleyn, and of the early English stage and drama. With an introduction by J. Payne Collier.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for the Shakespeare Society., 1843..
Physical description
xxxi, [i], 110 p. ; 22 cm.
Series statement
(Publications of the Shakespeare Society ; no. 18)
Note
Title page verso and last page: "London: F. Shoberl, Jun., 51, Rupert Street, Haymarket, printer to H.R.H. Prince Albert.".
With note
Issued with the Alleyn memoirs, shelfmark: Go.4.08(01).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library with label of Macmillan Fund and date "May 1899" on front pastedown.
Provenance
Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: "Henry Sotheran & Co., Booksellers and bookbinders, 140, Strand, London, W.C.".
Binding
19th-century red morocco over millboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets and roll to form a border; gilt panel with gilt tools at the corners; gilt fillets on board-edges and gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, titling ("Shakespeare Society 8"; "Memoirs of Ed. Alleyn"; "Lond. 1841.") and modern shelf label ("SHA 822"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 Stage history
Subject
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism.
Added entry--name
Collier, John Payne, 1789 - 1883 writer of introduction.
Added entry--name
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775 - 1853 printer.
Added entry--name
Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) publisher.
Added entry--name
Henry Sotheran Ltd. bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51035