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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.2257  Monday, 1 December 2003

From:           Al Magary <al@magary.com>
Date:           Saturday, 22 Nov 2003 16:01:41 -0800
Subject:        1802 Steevens ed. of Shakespeare Online

The French national library's online library, Gallica, harbors a number
of volumes in English (also French and Latin) relating to British
history.  One item of interest to this list is a facsimile of the 9-vol.
George Steevens edition of Shakespeare, pub. 1802.  You can choose
either PDF or TIFF format, and download via HTTP (unreliable) or FTP
(faster, more reliable).  Just go to gallica.bnf.fr.

Here's the card catalogue information for the first volume:

Auteur(s) :   Shakespeare, William
Titre(s) :   The dramatic works of Shakespeare [Document
électronique]. Vol. I / rev. by George Steevens
Lien au titre d'ensemble :  The dramatic works of Shakespeare
Type de ressource électronique :  Données textuelles
Publication :  2001
Description matérielle :  Pagination multiple XLIII-[ca 400]
p.-[1] f. de front. : portr., pl.
Note(s) : Reproduction :   Num. BNF de l'éd. de Paris :
Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1999. 1 microfilmReprod. de
l'éd. de London : J. and J. Boydell, G. and W. Nicol, 1802
Autre(s) auteur(s) :   Steevens, George. Éditeur scientifique
Pope, Alexander. Préfacier
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784). Préfacier

Note that facsimile files are big--this volume in PDF format is 19MB.
Using an FTP utility to download at cable modem speeds will take more
than five minutes.

Shakespeare gets 40 hits but Steevens, at 9, is the only work in
English.

Cheers,
Al Magary

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