The Plays of William Shakespeare in Fifteen Volumes with Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to Which are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens

Title

The Plays of William Shakespeare in Fifteen Volumes with Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to Which are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens

Description

This landmark edition contains 150 illustrations and is commonly referred to as “Steevens’ own edition.” Literary editor and Shakespearian expert George Steevens (1736-1800) was a renowned scholar of Elizabethan literature and accumulated a large personal library, many volumes of which are now held by the British Museum.

Creator

Shakespeare, William

Publisher

T. Longman, B. Law and Son

Date

1793

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Text

Identifier

exh00010000010002001; PR2752 .S8 1793  v.1-15

Is Part Of

University of Miami Libraries, Special Collections, Special Collections Books, ASC9999. http://catalog.library.miami.edu/record=b2080727~S11; http://merrick.library.miami.edu:80/cdm/ref/collection/exhibits/id/70

Citation

Shakespeare, William, “The Plays of William Shakespeare in Fifteen Volumes with Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to Which are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens,” UM Libraries Digital Exhibits, accessed November 29, 2024, https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/items/show/473.

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