Tales from Shakspeare, designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. In two volumes.

ID 18224
Title Tales from Shakspeare, designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. In two volumes.
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Signed Author By Charles Lamb.
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Volumes 2
Pagination I 282; II 305
Date of Publication 1813
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Imprint Inskeep and Bradford; and Inskeep and Bradford, New York. J. Maxwell, printer.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 18
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Notes AAS Notes:
By Charles and Mary Lamb.
"It has been the general sentiment that the style in which these Tales are written, is not so precisely adapted for the amusement of mere children, as for an acceptable and improving present to young ladies advancing to the state of womanhood. They therefore now offer to the public an edition prepared with suitable elegance. ..."--Advertisement, v. 1, p. [5].
Frontispiece portrait of "Shakespear", v. 1, signed: Zoust pinxit. Edwin sc.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American children's books,
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American Antiquarian Society copy lacks v. 2. Vol. 1 inscribed: John Boyer.
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Lamb, Charles, Lamb, Mary. Tales from Shakspeare, designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. In two volumes.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18224, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18224. Accessed 2024-04-28.

Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakspeare, designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. In two volumes. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Inskeep and Bradford, 1813. 

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  author={Lamb,Charles and Lamb,Mary},
  year={1813},
  title={Tales from Shakspeare, designed for the use of young persons. By Charles Lamb. In two volumes.},
  publisher={Bradford and Inskeep \& Inskeep and Bradford \& },
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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