Shakespeare’s library. A collection of the ancient novels, romances, legends, poems, and histories, used by Shakespeare as the foundation of his dramas. Now first collected, and accurately reprinted from the original editions. [...] Vol. I

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Full title: Shakespeare’s library. A collection of the ancient novels, romances, legends, poems, and histories, used by Shakespeare as the foundation of his dramas. Now first collected, and accurately reprinted from the original editions. With introductory notices, By J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. Vol. I. First of 2 volumes in 8vo. f. [1], pp. iii, [1] (blank), f. [1], pp. vii, [1] (blank), 59, [1], f. [1], pp. iv, 130, xvi, 131-182, vi, 183-257, [1] (blank), ff. [1], pp. vi, 259-312. Original cloth. A reissue of the 1843 sheets (see Bib# 710474/Fr# 958 in this collection), with a new title page. Content: Greene's Pandosto, the story on which is founded The winter's tale. Lodge's Rosalynd, the novel on which is founded As you like it. The historie of Hamblet, the history on which the tragedy of Hamlet is constructed. Apollonius, prince of Tyre, from which the incidents of the play of the play of Pericles are derived. See also A. & J. Freeman, John Payne Collier. Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century. New Haven, 2004, II, A55b. <a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039185549707861" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a>

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Shakespeare’s library. A collection of the ancient novels, romances, legends, poems, and histories, used by Shakespeare as the foundation of his dramas. Now first collected, and accurately reprinted from the original editions. [...] Vol. I
J. Payne (John Payne) (ed.) Collier | Thomas Rodd | 1850