Shakespeare's history of the times : or the original portraits of that author. Adapted to modern characters, with notes and observations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Quotations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],iv,76[i.e.88]p. )

Other Title:

Shakespeare's history of the times

Place of Publication:

London : printed for D. Browne; and J. Murray, No. 32, Fleet-Street. And sold by all booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]

Notes:

With a half-title.

In this edition the imprint after "London" reads: "printed for D. Browne; and J. Murray, no. 32, Fleet-street", i.e. no address for D. Browne.

Passages extracted from the works of Shakespeare and applied to contemporary figures.

The running title is 'Modern characters by Shakespeare', but it is a different collection from that of 'Modern characters from Shakespear'.

Pp. 52-56, 61, 71, 73-88 misnumbered 54-58, 66, 72, 61-76 respectively.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T64121.

OCLC:

642654311