Author: SHAKESPEARE. SEYMOUR (E. H.):
Title: Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, upon the Plays of Shakespeare; resulting from A Collation of the Early Copies, with that of Johnson and Steevens, edited by Isaac Reed. Together with Some Valuable Extracs from the Mss. of the Late Right Honourable John, Lord Chedworth. Dedicated to Richard Brinsely Sheridan.
Description: London: Printed by J. Wright...for Lacking, Allen & Co...[35 al], 1805. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo,225 x 135 mms., pp. [ii], viii, 480; [ii], 436, ii, [2 -Errata and adverts], including list of subscribers in volume 1, contemporary straight-grain plum morocco, spine gilt in compartments with titles blocked in gilt, all edges gilt; joints a bit rubbed, some slight general wear to binding, but a very good set, with the bookplate of the politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard Austen [Rab] Butler (1902 - 1982) on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. Seymour sent these notes to Isaac Reed as early as 1794, which were derived from his work as an actor in Norwich and Cambridge. The subscribers include a "Mrs. Blake" (unlikely to be the poet's wife), Charles James Fox, Capel Loft, Professor John Ogilvie, Mrs. Siddons, and a number of other theatrical folk. When Seymour died on 15 January 1819, an anonymous notice in the Gentleman's Magazine described him as "well known in the theatrical circles, and for many years upon the provincial stage...," adding that his "annotations exhibit shrewdness, judgment, and knowledge. He was well informed on most subjects, and was gentlemanly and amiable in private life."

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