Shakespeare
Subtitle: rare print collection
By: edited by Seymour Eaton
Publisher: Published for private circulation
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Philadelphia?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Pictorial works; Dramatic production
Notes: Title from portfolio.

Twelve parts in portfolio, each containing twelve loose plates, except the first which contains fourteen.

Cover to each part dated 1900.

Issued a supplement to the Eversley edition of Shakespeare's works, 1900; another issue published by R.G. Kennedy & Co., of Philadelphia.

Parts 2, 3, 6, 8, and 10 consist chiefly of portraits of 17th-19th century English and American actors and actresses, some in Shakespearean costume. Part 12 consists chiefly of 19th century playbill facsims.

Cataloged 20160202 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy housed in original portfolio wrapper, with ties, as issued. The book label of the Eversley Shakespeare and the Review of Reviews is present on the front pastedown, and is an anonymous BPL gift plate.