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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE COMPRISING HIS DRAMATIC AND POETICAL WORKS, COMPLETE

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1854

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Brown leather hard cover. Complete Works in one volume, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens Esq. With glossary and notes, and a memoir by Alexander Chalmers, A.M. 1027 pages, steel illustrations. Frontis: Shakspeare. From the picture in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Buckingham at Stowe.
Note:The spelling of Shakspeare in this book seems to be different to the usual spelling. In Elizabethan times spelling was not fixed and absolute, so some texts have differing spelling of the author.

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cwa-org-51-B2006.88

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SHAKESPEARE, William

Keywords

Drama & Poetical Works Shakspeare

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Statement of significance

American publication of the works of Shakespeare from the text of the corrected copy.

Albany Historical Society Inc

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