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Title
The poems of William Shakspeare.
Uniform title
Poems. Locken. 1847
Created/published
Philadelphia : John Locken, 1847 (Philadelphia : Printed by Smith & Peters, Franklin Buildings, Sixth Street below Arch)
Description
279 p., [1] leaf of plates ; 12 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844, illustrator.
Locken, John, publisher.
copy 1 Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, former owner.
Smith & Peters, printer.
Illman & Sons, printmaker.
Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844, illustrator.
Locken, John, publisher.
copy 1 Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, former owner.
Smith & Peters, printer.
Illman & Sons, printmaker.
Note
Engraved frontispiece lettered: H. Courbould ; Illman & Sons.
Contents
Venus and Adonis
The rape of Lucrece
The passionate pilgrim
A lover's complaint
Sonnets.
The rape of Lucrece
The passionate pilgrim
A lover's complaint
Sonnets.
Exhibited
Copy 1 Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Will and Jane: Shakespeare, Austen and the Cult of Celebrity. Closed.
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library 1847a copy1 Sh.Col.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Item Details
Call number
PR2841 1847a copy1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Walt Whitman copy. Acquired from the Rosenbach Co. by Mr. Folger, January 1930.
Call number
PR2841 1847a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Decorated red goatskin binding with gilt edges. Manuscript presentation note: "To my dear teacher, with the best love of Kate."
Folger accession
06.21.41