Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespere's Plays from Early Manuscript Corrections in a Copy of the Folio, 1632, in the possession of J. P. Collier ... The second edition, revised and enlarged |
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| Title | Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespere's Plays from Early Manuscript Corrections in a Copy of the Folio, 1632, in the possession of J. P. Collier ... The second edition, revised and enlarged |
| Author | John Payne Collier |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Whittaker & Company, 1853 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 22 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 528 pages |
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