![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 16 Pilkington's name appears ninth (in order of dignity) in the one-leaf 'Distribution of Copies' in vol. ![]() Two letters from Halliwell to Pilkington and his receipt for the subscription of £42 (all dated July 1853) are mounted on the rear endleaf of vol. 77 of 150 printed, originally subscribed for by James Pilkington, M. the largest form in which the bard has yet appeared" (Jaggard (1909), p. Halliwell's great folio edition, '"the most extensive repository of literary, historical, and archaeological information regarding Shakespeare and his writings to be found in any single work, and, typographically, the most sumptuous edition. Half morocco, uniform with Halliwell's folio Shakespeare, to which it is a supplement bookplate of F. A descriptive calendar of the ancient manuscripts and records in the possession of the Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon including notices of Shakespeare and his family. Sixteen volumes, tall thick folio, original half morocco, rubbed at extremities but very sound. by J O Halliwell the illustrations and wood engravings by Frederick William Fairholt. The text formed from a new collation of the early editions. ![]()
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