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Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the use of young persons.

Title
  1. Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb.
Published by
  1. London : Printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway-Street (opposite Soho Square), Oxford Street; and to be had of all booksellers. 1807.
Author
  1. Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.

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Additional authors
  1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  2. Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
  3. Hodgkins, Thomas.
  4. Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830.
  5. Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
  6. Sangorski & Sutcliffe. bnd
Description
  1. 2 v. : ill.; 18 cm.
Subject
  1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Adaptations > Juvenile literature
Call number
  1. *KL (Lamb, C. Tales from Shakespear)
Note
  1. "Embellished with copper-plates."
  2. Printer's imprint: "T. Davison, Printer, Whitefriars."
  3. Publisher's advertisements: v. 2, p. [262-264].
  4. Of the twenty tales included, six were written by Charles Lamb (Romeo, Lear, Othello, Timon, Macbeth, and Hamlet); the other fourteen are attributed to Mary Lamb (cf. J. C. Thompson's Bibliography of the writings of Charles and Mary Lamb).
  5. Illustrations: Twenty engravings, designed by William Mulready.
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  1. Restricted access;
Author
  1. Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Title
  1. Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb.
Imprint
  1. London : Printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway-Street (opposite Soho Square), Oxford Street; and to be had of all booksellers. 1807.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Local note
  1. Pforzheimer copy: Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; in full green crushed levant morocco, backs and sides decorated with gold tooling and with red floral inlays, backs panelled, gilt letters, gilt rules on cover edges and turn-ins; withinin lined cloth fold-back case with gilt spine titling.
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Added author
  1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Bibliographic antecedent
  2. Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
  3. Hodgkins, Thomas. Publisher
  4. Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830. Printer
  5. Mulready, William, 1786-1863. Illustrator
  6. Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Binder
Research call number
  1. *KL (Lamb, C. Tales from Shakespear)
  2. Pforz (Lamb, C. Tales from Shakespear. 1807)
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