Shakespeare, William
The Works of William Shakespeare
The Works of William Shakespeare
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Title
Shakespeare, William
The Works of William Shakespeare
Subject
Shakespeare, William
Description
The first of seven volumes. Includes a portrait of Shakespeare that is dated to 1783. Many passages are ticked, with one annotation on Vol. VI, p.472. Quarter red morocco gilt. In Ramsden's Edith Wharton's Library, he notes the anecdote:
On one of her last days, as she was being wheeled around the garden at Pavillion Colombe, EW remarked to Elisina Tyler, 'I think that Shakespeare never wrote a more beautiful line than: 'I am dying, Egypt, dying''.
This passage is from Anthony and Cleopatra, Act IV, scene xv. It is marked.
On one of her last days, as she was being wheeled around the garden at Pavillion Colombe, EW remarked to Elisina Tyler, 'I think that Shakespeare never wrote a more beautiful line than: 'I am dying, Egypt, dying''.
This passage is from Anthony and Cleopatra, Act IV, scene xv. It is marked.
Publisher
Tauchnitz (Leipzig)
Date
1868
Language
English
Identifier
2005_047_1280_1
Files
Citation
“Shakespeare, William The Works of William Shakespeare,” EWL, accessed October 2, 2023, http://edithwhartonslibrary.org/ewl/items/show/1747.