Shakespeare's Songs and Sonnets

Multiple artists/makers

1863

Not on view

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Title: Shakespeare's Songs and Sonnets
Illustrator: Sir John Gilbert (British, London 1817–1897 London)
Author: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Publisher: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. (London)
Printer: Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
Binder: W. Bone & Son (London)
Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Date: 1863
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 8 in. (14 x 20.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 21.36.85
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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