The works of William Shakespeare. The text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions: With the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A. In eight volumes. Vol. I
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- The works of William Shakespeare. The text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions: With the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A. In eight volumes. Vol. I
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- H Cook
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The works of William Shakespeare. The text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions: With the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A. In eight volumes. Vol. I
Author: Shakespeare, William ; Collier, J. Payne (John Payne) (ed.) ; Cook, H. (engr.)
Year: 1844
First of 8 vols. in 8vo. pp. [2], cccv, [1] (blank), 275. Original cloth. Contains bookmark of W. F. Watson, Bookseller & Stationer, Edinburgh. Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare, engraved by H. Cook, from the 1632 folio edition. Content: History of the stage ; The life of Shakespeare Many of the questioned data derive from earlier works by Collier. See also A. & J. Freeman, John Payne Collier. Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century. New Haven, 2004, II, A46.