James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. The Life and Works of the Shakespearean Scholar and Bookman.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001,

First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 624pp. Oak Knoll Press, New. Item #10656

Known mainly as a Shakespearean scholar and collector, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps published nearly six hundred books and pamphlets on everything from literature to the history of science, theology, and much more. In 1872 he not only married Henrietta Phillips, daughter of the antiquary and collector Sir Thomas Phillipps (and added her maiden name to his) but he also presented to the Edinburgh University Library his Shakespeareana collection. The collection includes nearly all the editions of Shakespeare printed before 1660. A fascinating man and true scholar. Illustrated.

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