Johnson's Proposals for his edition of Shakespeare, 1756 /
printed in type-facsimile.

Description

Main Author

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Related Names

Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881-1960.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Oxford university press, Humphrey Milford, 1923.

Subjects

Shakespeare, William, > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616. > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616. / Plays.

Note

"250 copies printed"--Half-title verso.
Note typesigned R.W.C. [R.W. Chapman]
With reproduction of original t.-p.: London, June 1, 1756. Proposals for printing, by subscription, the dramatick works of William Shakespeare, corrected and illustrated by Samuel Johnson. Subscriptions are taken in by J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand, et. al.
... "Reprinted from the copy sold in Messrs. Sotheby's rooms on 10 July 1923 (Lot 498)"--Note.

Physical Description

[7], 4-8, [4] p. ; 24 cm.

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