Capell's Shakespeariana: Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge Compiled by W. W. Gre

by W.W. Greg

Book Overview

Edward Capell (1713-1781) published his landmark edition of Shakespeare's works in ten volumes during 1767-8. It was the first edition to be prepared from a completely new transcript from the surviving Folio and Quartos rather than a marked-up copy of the previous edition, and thus he inaugurated a new direction in textual editing of Shakespeare's work. In 1779 Capell gave away the library of books used in the preparation of his edition, and the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108004407
• ISBN13: 9781108004404
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"