Sentiments and similes of William Shakespeare : a classified selection of similes, definitions, descriptions, and other remarkable passages in the plays and poems of Shakespeare / by Henry Noel Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Contributor:

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879, compiler, book designer.

Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, publisher.

Spottiswoode & Co., printer.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Quotations.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Quotations.

Papier-mâché bindings (Binding).

Penn Provenance:

Charlton, Eustace (inscription) (Furness copy)

Skinner, G. W. (autograph) (Furness copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 99, [1] pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Manufacture:

London : Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-street Square.

Other Title:

Sentiments &c of Shakespeare

Place of Publication:

London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, [1863?]

Notes:

Designed by Henry Noel Humphreys. See R. McLean, Victorian book design, page 110.

First page of text chromolithographed. Title page and remaining text pages ruled in gold with gold border element beside left rule. Title printed in gold, red, and black. Gold initials, line-fillers, and tailpieces decorate pages throughout.

Local Notes:

Black papier mâché boards in open trellis design include a brown medallion with a relief silhouette of Shakespeare on the left board and entwined initials W and S with laurel leaves above and below on a brown medallion on the right board. Red background under the trellis. Leather spine with title. Gold-tooled cover edges and turn-ins; red endpapers. All edges gilt. One of eight Victorian titles bound in black papier mâché by commercial firms (see R. McLean, Victorian book design, page 210).

Furness copy has bookseller's notes in pencil on blank leaf preceding title leaf.

Furness copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2025 from Christian White Rare Books.

Furness copy has manuscript inscription ("Eustace Charlton from his friend A.B.H.") on blank leaf preceding title leaf.

Furness copy has laid in manuscript letter on letterhead of Longmans, Green, and Co. dated 16 April 1952 signed by G.W. Skinner.

OCLC:

81040234