Shakspere and typography
Subtitle: being an attempt to show Shakspere's personal connection with, and technical knowledge of, the art of printing.
By: Also, remarks upon some common typographical errors, with especial reference to the text of Shakspeare. By William Blades.
Publisher: Trübner & Co.
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Book industries and trade
Notes: 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.
"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.