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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Title(s):
Shakspeare's seven ages of man / illustrated by Henry Alken.
Additional Title(s):

Shakespeare's seven ages of man

Seven ages of man

As you like it. Selections
Published/Created:
London : Published by E. and C. M'Lean, 1824.
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [7] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2803.A3 A45 1824+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2803.A3 A45 1824+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.
Consists of seven colored etchings, dated "June 20th, 1824" and accompanied by a page of text quoting from "As you like it" (Shakespeare's Seven ages of man).
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 47
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 256
BAC: British Art Center has two copies, both bound in publisher's original printed wrappers.. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Letterpress leaf is bound at the front. In copy 2 the letterpress leaf is bound in at the end.
Subject Terms:
E. and C. M'Lean -- Publisher
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Illustrations.
Form/Genre:
Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1824.
Contributors:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, ill.
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