"A private issue, limited to forty copies, on behalf of the Duke of Devonshire, for presentation purposes."--Jaggard

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Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: a dictionary of every known issue of the writings of our national poet and of recorded opinion thereon in the English language

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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.166.5 bound by H.M. Holloway, of London, in brown morocco panelled and tooled in gilt. The BPL bookplate of the Duke of Devonshire, dated Dec. 21, 1858, is present on the front pastedown. Present on the verso of the final front flyleaf is an inscription signed by John Payne Collier that reads, "40 copies. The gift of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire to the Boston Library. This lithographic facsimile was made by the direction and at the expense of the late Duke of Devonshire. J. Payne Collier, Maidenhead, Sept. 1858."

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.166.6 quarterbound in black morocco-grained leather and red paper. A bibliographical inscription, in pencil, is present on the front pastedown and the armorial bookplate of the Barton Library on the rear

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