Shakespeare, William
Contributors: Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; Britton, John, 1771-1857, former owner; Du Bois, Edward, 1774-1850, commentator for written text
Published: 1816
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Biography
Other titles: Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library); The cyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature.
Notes: Offprint: The cyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown) Vol. 32 (1819).

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, Shakespeariana, p. 82, no. 1118

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy cataloged under G.3940.16 halfbound in early black leather and gray paper. This copy, an offprint/uncorrected proof formerly owned by John Britton, is interleaved, with corrections in his own hand. Bound in at the end are 2 leaves (2 pages) of notes in the hand of Edward Du Bois. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy cataloged under G.3920.30 no. 6 is a corrected proof of the same article.