London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 47 Ludgate Hill., MDCCCLXII
Physical Description
30 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm.
General Note
At the foot of the 2nd Content page: “The ten Chromolithographs drawn on stone and printed by Vincent Brooks. The thirty-two Woodcuts engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.”
“These Songs and Sonnets, by the “Immortal Bard,” have been chosen as much for the opportunity they afford for picturesque treatment by the Artist, as for their literary excellence. St. John’s Wood, November 1861. J.C.”
With a half-title.
Copy Note
The rear pastedown carries the binder's ticket of Leighton Son & Hodge.
Binding Note
Brown cloth decorative boards stamped in blind and gold, bevelled boards; gilt edges. Lettered in gilt on spine: "Shakspeare's songs & sonnets"