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New readings of old authors. [no. 1-11].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection NC1479.S5 A4 1830 no.1-11
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain.
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Giaour--Illustrations.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VIII--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King John--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet--Illustrations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest--Illustrations.
- Penn Provenance:
- Johnson, W. (autograph) (Furness copy)
- Physical Description:
- 11 v. : all ill. ; 16 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London: : Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, and sold by all booksellers., [between 1830 and 1835]
- Notes:
- Caricatures by Robert Seymour of contemporary life with quotations from works of Byron and Shakespeare as captions. Lithographed by Seymour or George Edward Madeley.
- Publisher statement varies. No. 2, 4-6, 8-11 each has: E. Wilson, 88, Royal Exchange; and C. Tilt, Fleet Street. No. 7 has: E. Wilson, 88, Royal Exchange; and sold by all booksellers. (J.R. Abbey records different publisher statements for nos. 1-4 and 7.)
- Abbey gives publication date for entire series (26 numbers) as ca. 1830-1835.
- Local Notes:
- Furness copy: no. 1-11 bound in one volume.
- Furness copy has bookseller's ms. notes in pencil on front pastedown.
- Furness copy acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Furness copy has partially illegible autograph ("W. Johnson The Da[...] Sea[...]orse") on front pastedown.
- Cited in:
- Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 320
- OCLC:
- 1501130579
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