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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Works. Oxford: at the Theater, 1744-43-44. 6 volumes, 4º (299 x 231mm). Engraved title-vignette in volume I, 3 portraits by Gravelot and 36 plates by Gravelot after Hayman, 26 culs-de-lampe. (Some light browning and foxing.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt (rubbed). Provenance: W. Allard (manuscript book-label).
An important edition by Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677-1746), for a short while speaker of the House of Commons, who made no recourse to the old editions, but at the same time was responsible for numerous original alterations and, as a result, supplied a mass of common-sense emendations, some of which have been permanently accepted. Jaggard p.499; Cohen-de Ricci 953 ('Intéressant travail du dessinateur Gravelot pendant son séjour en Angleterre’).
An important edition by Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677-1746), for a short while speaker of the House of Commons, who made no recourse to the old editions, but at the same time was responsible for numerous original alterations and, as a result, supplied a mass of common-sense emendations, some of which have been permanently accepted. Jaggard p.499; Cohen-de Ricci 953 ('Intéressant travail du dessinateur Gravelot pendant son séjour en Angleterre’).
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