Shakespeare's history of the times: or the original portraits of that author. Adapted to modern characters, with notes and observations.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
London : printed for D. Browne; and J. Murray. And sold by all booksellers in town and country,
1778.
In this edition the imprint after "London" reads: "printed for D. Browne; and J. Murray, no. 32, Fleet-street", i.e. no address for D. Browne.
Passages extracted from the works of Shakespeare and applied to contemporary figures.
Pp. 52-56, 61, 71, 73-88 misnumbered 54-58, 66, 72, 61-76 respectively.
The running title is 'Modern characters by Shakespeare', but it is a different collection from that of 'Modern characters from Shakespear'.
With a half-title.
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