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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4538258, member: 33"]There might have been more than one bookstore on the Quai de Conti, and the torn label also may refer to one that no longer exists. For example, I found this link referring to a bookstore that might still be in existence there. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/venue/70619/Librairie-Pascal-Corseaux" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.librarything.com/venue/70619/Librairie-Pascal-Corseaux" rel="nofollow">https://www.librarything.com/venue/70619/Librairie-Pascal-Corseaux</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the book is used, it may have been sold multiple times by multiple bookstores. The other label seems to be from a different place. Since you are finding little on them, it may be that that store no longer exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>The publisher F. Warne & Co. is British, and so your book probably began its life in England. Publishers in that era often issued printings with different covers and colors of covers, making it all very fun to understand and analyze.</p><p><br /></p><p>This information from a copy digitized in Google Books includes the "imperial poets" phrase in the bibliographic description:</p><p><font size="4"><b>Bibliographic information</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Title The Works of William Shakespeare: With Life, Glossary, Etc. : Prepared from the Texts of the First Folio, the Quartos, and Compared with Recent Commentators</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22The+%22imperial%22+poets%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22The+%22imperial%22+poets%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5" rel="nofollow"><i>The "imperial" poets</i></a></p><p>Author <a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22William+Shakespeare%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22William+Shakespeare%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5" rel="nofollow">William Shakespeare</a></p><p>Publisher F. Warne, 1891</p><p>Original from Harvard University</p><p>Digitized Nov 15, 2007</p><p>Length 1136 pages</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Works_of_William_Shakespeare.html?id=jmgRAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Works_of_William_Shakespeare.html?id=jmgRAAAAYAAJ" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Works_of_William_Shakespeare.html?id=jmgRAAAAYAAJ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I used to collect some old, inexpensive Shakespeare editions. Yours looks interesting to me because of the mention of photographs. Does it include any photographs of actors of the time wearing Shakespearean costumes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4538258, member: 33"]There might have been more than one bookstore on the Quai de Conti, and the torn label also may refer to one that no longer exists. For example, I found this link referring to a bookstore that might still be in existence there. [URL]https://www.librarything.com/venue/70619/Librairie-Pascal-Corseaux[/URL] Since the book is used, it may have been sold multiple times by multiple bookstores. The other label seems to be from a different place. Since you are finding little on them, it may be that that store no longer exists. The publisher F. Warne & Co. is British, and so your book probably began its life in England. Publishers in that era often issued printings with different covers and colors of covers, making it all very fun to understand and analyze. This information from a copy digitized in Google Books includes the "imperial poets" phrase in the bibliographic description: [SIZE=4][B]Bibliographic information[/B][/SIZE] Title The Works of William Shakespeare: With Life, Glossary, Etc. : Prepared from the Texts of the First Folio, the Quartos, and Compared with Recent Commentators [URL='https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22The+%22imperial%22+poets%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5'][I]The "imperial" poets[/I][/URL] Author [URL='https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22William+Shakespeare%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=5']William Shakespeare[/URL] Publisher F. Warne, 1891 Original from Harvard University Digitized Nov 15, 2007 Length 1136 pages [URL]https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Works_of_William_Shakespeare.html?id=jmgRAAAAYAAJ[/URL] I used to collect some old, inexpensive Shakespeare editions. Yours looks interesting to me because of the mention of photographs. Does it include any photographs of actors of the time wearing Shakespearean costumes?[/QUOTE]
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