Catalogue of the Shakespeare library formed by an English collector.
To be sold February thirteenth and fourteenth ...

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Related Names

Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913.
Anderson Galleries, Inc.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Anderson Galleries, [1918]

Subjects

Shakespeare, William, > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 / Sources > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 / Sources / Bibliography.
Shakespeare, William, > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 / Bibliography.
History > History / Sources
English drama > English drama / Early modern and Elizabethan
English drama > English drama / Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > English drama / Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 / Bibliography.
Bibliography

Note

"The library can be divided into the following seven sections: 1. Elizabethan, Jacobean and other ... rare books .. consulted by Shakespeare ... 2. Elizabethan and Jacobean books ... which throw light on Shakespeare's England. 3. First editions of famous old English plays. 4. Francis Bacon collection (26 entries) 5. 'The bond story' and other 'foundation' books used by Shakespeare. 6. Publications between 1599-1700 which contain specific references either to Shakespeare himself or to his poems and plays. 7. Plagiarisms, alterations, and adaptations of Shakespeare's plays.--p. [3].
The Shakespeare library was chiefly formed by Mr. W. Carew Hazlitt for an English bookseller for whose account it was sold.
969 entries.
Sale no. 1334.

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215, [1] p. front., illus. (facsims.) 24 cm.

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