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Mr. William Shakespeare's songs / edited by Fredric Brewer.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection PR2843.A2 B74 1976
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Songs. Selections.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs, English--Texts.
- Songs, English.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Leiber, Gerson, 1921-2018 (former owner) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 26 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- William Shakespeare The Songs
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Raintree Press, 1976.
- Notes:
- Without music.
- 24 songs from Shakespeare's plays (text only), edited, handset, and printed by Fredric Brewer at his Raintree Press.
- "Published according to the True Original Copies."--Title page.
- An edition of 100 numbered copies.
- Decorated with an engraving of a print-shop scene and a color-printed woodcut portrait of Shakespeare after the Chandos image.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy is number 81 of 100 copies.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Kislak Center copy vendor's note: "Provenance: From the collection of Gerson Leiber, the artist, engraver, sculptor, and book collector, sans indicia."
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2021 from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Mr. William Shakespeare's songs.
- OCLC:
- 4203297
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