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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life

Author William Shakespeare British
Editor Gulian C. Verplanck American
Publisher Harper & Brothers American
1847
Not on view

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  • Title: Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life
  • Author: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Editor: Gulian C. Verplanck (American, New York 1786–1870)
  • Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, New York)
  • Date: 1847
  • Medium: Illustrations: woodcut
  • Dimensions: 11 x 7 1/16 in. (28 x 18 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1942(1-3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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