[Sample book for The complete works of Shakspere / edited by J.O. Halliwell ; published by John Tallis and Company].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

John Tallis & Company, issuing body, publisher.

Contributor:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., bibliographic antecedent.

Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Canvassing and Sample Book Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.

Dummies (Bookselling).

Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Penn Provenance:

McKenzie, Margaret J. (Margaret Jane), 1855- (autograph) (Furness copy)

MacKenzie, Mary Jane, 1883 or 1884- (autograph) (Furness copy)

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings, [78] leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Works of William Shakspere illustrated

Complete works of Shakspere : revised from the original editions : with historical introductions, & notes explanatory & critical, and a life of the poet

Place of Publication:

London ; & New York : Published by John Tallis and Company, [not before 1851]

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Terminus post quem for publication date from inclusion of "Mr. Macready's farewell address" dated Wednesday, February 26th, 1851.

Publisher's sample book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrative plates. "The illustrative plates are fine steel engravings from daguerrotypes depicting famous actors through the ages in Shakespearian roles ... The text sections are representative of the histories, tragedies, comedies, notes to the plays, the sonnets, a biography of Shakespeare (here complete), Shakespeare's will, and sample preliminaries."--Bookseller's description.

Binding: full contemporary green cloth over beveled-edge boards.

Local Notes:

Furness copy has 4-line poem (first line: If Wisdom's ways you early seek) in manuscript on front free endpaper.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Furness copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from Rulon Miller Books.

Furness copy has dated 19th-century autograph ("Mrs Margaret J. McKenzie [corrected to: MacKenzie] 156 Charles st Boston Feb 18th 1888") of Margaret Jane McKenzie (née Holmes; b. 1855) on front free endpaper; dated 19th-century manuscript inscription ("To Mary Jane MacKenzie 1896.") recording the gift of this volume to Margaret's daughter Mary Jane MacKenzie (b. 1883 or 1884), followed by autograph ("Mary Jane Mackenzie") of the same person on front free endpaper.

Related Work:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works, bibliographic antecedent.

OCLC:

1303273134