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“SHAKESPEARE AS HE WROTE IT.”

THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE,
Reprinted from the newly-discovered copy of the Folio of 1632
in the possession of J. Payne Collier, containing nearly
Twenty Thousand Manuscript Corrections,
With a History of the Stage to the Time, an Introduction to
each Play, a Life of the Poet, etc.

By J. PAYNE COLLIER, F.S.A.

To which are added, Glossarial and other Notes, the Readings of Former
Editions, a Portrait after that by Martin Droeshout, a Vignette Title
on Steel, and a Facsimile of the Old Folio, with the Manuscript Corrections.
1 vol, Imperial 8vo. Cloth $4 00.

The WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE the same as the above.
Uniform in Size with the celebrated Chiswick Edition, 8 vols.
16mo, cloth $6 00. Half calf or moroc. extra

These are American Copyright Editions, the Notes being expressly prepared
for the work. The English edition contains simply the text, without a single
note or indication of the changes made in the text. In the present, the variations
from old copies are noted by reference of all changes to former editions
(abbreviated f. e.). and every indication and explanation is given essential to a
clear understanding of the author. The prefatory matter, Life, &c., will be fuller
than in any American edition now published.

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—Yankee Blade, Boston.

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