Shakespeare's history of the times: or the original portraits of that author. Adapted to modern characters, with notes and observations

All titles

• Shakespeare's history of the times: or the original portraits of that author. Adapted to modern characters, with notes and observations
• Modern characters by Shakespeare.
• Selections

People / Organizations

• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for D. Browne; and J. Murray, No. 32, Fleet-Street. And sold by all booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]

Publication year

1778

ESTC No.

T64121

Grub Street ID

289209

Description

[4],iv,76[i.e.88]p. ; 12°.

Note

With a half-title

In this edition the imprint after "London" reads: "printed for D. Browne; and J. Murray, no. 32, Fleet-street", i.e. no address for D. Browne

Passages extracted from the works of Shakespeare and applied to contemporary figures

The running title is 'Modern characters by Shakespeare', but it is a different collection from that of 'Modern characters from Shakespear'

Pp. 52-56, 61, 71, 73-88 misnumbered 54-58, 66, 72, 61-76 respectively.