Product details

Art.No:

92660

Author / Artist:

Shakespeare, William - Israel Gollancz [Editor]

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

With many illustrations, antiquarian and topographical. With glossary and notes.

Keyword:

Gesamtausgaben, Literatur Engl.

Binding / Picture Size:

HLdr. goldgeprägt., Kopfgoldschnitt

Publisher:

J.M. Dent & Co.

Place of publishing:

London

Year of publication:

1899-1900

Book Details / Size:

8°, je 1 Fronti., ca. 500 S., einige farb. Abb, einige Textabb.

Condition:

Min. berieben, minimal stockfleckig, schönes Exemplar.

Description:

Th edition on hand-made paper is limited in five hundret copies for America, of which this is Nr. 313.- Sir Israel Gollancz, FBA (1863-1930) was a scholar of early English literature and of Shakespeare. He was Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College, London, from 1903 to 1930. He edited the "Temple" Shakespeare, a uniform edition of the complete works in pocket size volumes which was the most popular Shakespeare edition of its day. In 1916, as Honorary Secretary of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Committee, he also edited A book of homage to Shakespeare, an anthology of responses to Shakespeare from scholars, thinkers and other prominent figures from around the world.