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The taming of the shrew / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3318.B18 A4 1739
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Married people--Drama.
- Married people.
- Sex role--Drama.
- Sex role.
- Padua (Italy)--Drama.
- Padua (Italy).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 84 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- r.of e.d, d.he yomy (3) 1734 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]
- Notes:
- Also issued as part of: 'The works of Shakespeare' vol.2, London, J. Tonson, 1735.
- "With the last play they will deliver gratis general titles to each volume of the whole work [i.e. The works of Shakespeare in eight volumes], so that each play may be bound in its proper place": Advertisement, p. [3]. The advertisement also includes an attack on Robert Walker, who published another edition of Shakespeare's collected plays concurrently with Tonson. Cf. Ford, p. 40-45.
- Frontispiece by Fourdrinier.
- Head- and tail-pieces; initial.
- Local Notes:
- Bound with v.2 of: Bellamy, D. (Daniel). Miscellanies in prose and verse. London : Printed for J. Hodges, 1739-1740. (Item 2 of 5)
- Cited in:
- Ford, H.L. Shakespeare, 1700-1740, 257
- ESTC T54731
- OCLC:
- 4926346
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