A Calendar of the Shakespearean Rarities, Drawings and Engravings Formerly Preserved at Hollingbury Copse, 1891 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Calendar of the Shakespearean Rarities, Drawings and Engravings Formerly Preserved at Hollingbury Copse, 1891 Since the preparation in 1887 of the first edition of this Calendar, which was printed for private circulation and for presents only, the literary and more especially the Shakespearean world, has had to deplore the loss of its highly-talented editor, the late J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Esq., F.R.S., &c., The deceased scholar, by his Will, proved in the spring of 1889, left very special directions as to the disposal of the Shakespearean treasures, which were catalogued in the volume, and as they are still in the hands of his executors, and as the copies of the Calendar have been exhausted, it appears to be a very proper step not only to print a second edition, but also to quote the clause in his Will which relates to the sale of the many perfectly unique rarities, and to the mode in which they are to be dealt with. The clause is as follows: - "And whereas my collection of Shakespearean rarities, described in a printed catalogue, entitled 'A Calendar of the Shakespearean Rarities, preserved at Hollingbury Copse, near Brighton, ' 8vo., 1887, is unrivalled and of national interest, and being desirous of its being kept in this county, I direct my Trustees to offer it to the Corporation of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick (where as the leading town of Shakespeare's native county such a collection would be appropriately located), on condition of the said Corporation paying for it to my Trustees the sum of £7000 sterling. And in case the said Corporation do not accept this offer within one year after my decease, then I give to my Trustees the last mentioned collection upon trust, to deposit it at the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit until they can sell it for the sum of £10, 000, or more, or if such price be not obtained within twelve years after my decease, then upon trust, &c., , &c., " About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.