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Pollard

SHAKESPEARE FOLIO AND QUARTOS. A Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare's Plays 1594-1685

Methuen and Co. [Martino Publishing], 1909-2002

165,00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, Stati Uniti d'America)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1909-2002
Luogo di stampa
London [Mansfield, CT.]
Autore
Pollard
Editori
Methuen and Co. [Martino Publishing]

Descrizione

Facsimile Edition of the 1909 First Edition. Illustrated as the original with 37 illustrations being reproductions of title-pages and leaves from numerous original printings of Shakespeare's various works and editions. 4to, in the publisher's original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. vij, 175 pp. A pristine and very fine copy with some neat scholarly notes or markings in pencil on a very small number of pages.

Edizione: a fine facsimile edition of one the key bibliographic works of shakespearian scholarship. the author, alfred william pollard, is widely credited for bringing a higher level of scholarly rigor to the study of shakespearean texts. he joined the staff of the british museum in 1883, as assistant in the department of printed books; he was promoted to assistant keeper in 1909, and keeper in 1919. in the latter year, pollard was appointed professor of english bibliography at the university of london. he was honorary secretary of the bibliographical society from 1893 to 1934.