A copy of Alexander Pope's edition of Shakespeare's Works (6 vols., Lond. 1725)
A copy of Alexander Pope's edition of Shakespeare's Works (6 vols., Lond. 1725), with new preface, emendations, notes and glossary in the hand of Sir Thomas Banmer, being the original copy from which Hanmer's edition of 1743-4 was printed at Oxford.
Dates
- Creation: 1725
Extent
0.66 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Mal.G II. 1-6].
Full range of shelfmarks:
Mal.G II. 1-6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20057
Abstract
A copy of Alexander Pope's edition of Shakespeare's Works (6 vols., Lond. 1725)
Biographical / Historical
Sir Thomas Banmer (d. 1746).
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 27782-27787.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Banmer died on May 7, 1746; and the volumes were presented in his name in 1747.
Subject
- Title
- A copy of Alexander Pope's edition of Shakespeare's Works (6 vols., Lond. 1725)
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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