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Ref NoShakespeare/1/9/974.2/57245
Finding NumberShakespeare S 974.2 57245
TitleShakspere and typography; being an attempt to show Shakspere's personal connection with, and technical knowledge of, the art of printing. / Also, remarks upon some common typographical errors, with especial reference to the text of Shakspeare. By William Blades.
LevelItem
Date1872
DescriptionGeneral Note: A mock argument, in imitation of the attempts frequently made to identify Shakespeare with various trades and professions. "A jest which amused him all the more that it was taken au grand serieux by some sober-minded correspondents." cf. T. B. Reed's Memoir of the author, in Blades' Pentateuch of printing, p. xvii.
General Note: "Appendix: A list of some biographies of Shakspere, and of such works as refer to the dramatist's special knowledge of any subject": p. [61]-67.
Extent1
AuthorBlades, William, 1824-1890.
SubjectTag 600: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Knowledge Book industries and trade.
Physical Descriptionviii, 78 p. : pl. ; 23 cm.
Access StatusOpen
PublisherLondon : Trˆubner & Co.,
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