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Shakespeare and Goethe: Masterpieces of European Literature from the Schøyen Collection
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[SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – SEDLEY, Charles (1639-1701). Antony and Cleopatra: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre. London: printed for Richard Tonson, 1677.
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[SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616)] – SEDLEY, Charles (1639-1701).
Antony and Cleopatra: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre
. London: printed for Richard Tonson, 1677.
First edition of Sedley’s version, based on the same story as Shakespeare’s play but an entirely original work.
Shakespeare’s original was not published separately during the 17th-century. Bartlett 169; ESTC R14028; Jaggard p.282; Wing S-2395.
Quarto (203 x 153mm). Leaf [A]2v in second setting without the advertisement (title trimmed into text at top margin, trimmed close throughout affecting some headlines, signatures and catchwords and one line of text). 19th-century green half morocco, spine lettered in gilt.
Provenance
: Frederick William Cosens (1819-1889; bookplate).
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