The songs of William Shakespeare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Contributor:

Peter Pauper Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Songs. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Songs and music.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Songs and music.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Weiss.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Physical Description:

63 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Mount Vernon : The Peter Pauper Press, [1941?]

Notes:

"The borders printed here have been reproduced from those designed in the sixteenth century by Geofroy Tory for a 'Book of Hours'" -- Page 2 ; borders in blue.

"With the one exception of "The invitation" the songs printed herein have been extracted from the plays" -- Page 6.

"These songs of Shakespeare, set in the Weiss types, have been printed on specially manufactured Peter Pauper Press paper" -- Colophon.

In slip case.

Includes index of first lines.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies purchased by the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 1 has bookseller's label: Lauriat's Books 91 Franklin St. Boston. Both copies not in slipcases.

Cited in:

Bennett, Paul A., ed., Recalling Peter (NY : Typophiles, 1964), p. 56

Donnelly & Dobkin, 522 (page 144)

Other Format:

Online version: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Songs. Songs of William Shakespeare.

OCLC:

2532782