Shakespeare's history of the times: or the original portraits of that author. Adapted to modern characters, with notes and observations.
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- 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.
- People / Organizations
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- Imprint
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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
- 1778-1778
- ESTC No.
- T64121
- Grub Street ID
- 289209
- Description
- [4],iv,76[i.e.88]p. ; 12⁰
- 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'.