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Tales from Shakspeare : designed for the use of young persons.

Title
Tales from Shakspeare : designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. To which is added, the life of Shakspeare.
Author
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Publication
[London] : Published by C. Daley [sic] ..., [1837]

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Additional Authors
  • Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  • Daly, C. (Charles), active 1832-1855.
Description
vii, 311 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., front.; 10 cm. (24mo in 8s)
Alternative Title
  • Tales from Shakespeare : designed for the use of young persons
  • The life of Shakspeare
  • The life of Shakespeare
  • Lamb's tales from Shakspeare
  • Lamb's tales from Shakespeare
Subject
Note
  • [A]⁴ B-U⁸ X⁴.
  • Added engraved t.p. dated 1837.
  • Illustrations: 2 prints : engravings ; full-page. Engraved t.p. and front. conjunct.
  • Of the twenty tales included, only six were written by C. Lamb: Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, Timon of Athens, Macbeth, and Hamlet. The other fourteen adaptations are attributed to M. Lamb. Cf. Thomson, J. C. Bibliography.
  • "Chronological order of Shakspeare's Dramas"--p. 310-311.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • Thomson, J.C. Bibliography
Call Number
Pforz (Lamb, C. Tales from Shakespear. 1837)
OCLC
43452429
Author
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Title
Tales from Shakspeare : designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. To which is added, the life of Shakspeare.
Imprint
[London] : Published by C. Daley [sic] ..., [1837]
Indexed In:
Thomson, J.C. Bibliography
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Local Note
Binding: Brown wave grain cloth, spine blocked in gilt with decorations and titling, pale yellow endpapers, all edges gilt; in CHPL envelope.
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Added Author
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Bibliographic antecedent
Daly, C. (Charles), active 1832-1855. Publisher
Other Title
The life of Shakspeare
Added Title Page Title
Lamb's tales from Shakspeare
Research Call Number
Pforz (Lamb, C. Tales from Shakespear. 1837)
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