Shakespeare for Chinese Students. Scenes from the Plays, with Introductory Readings from Charles and Mary Lamb’s “Tales from Shakespeare.” The Tempest

Name: Shakespeare for Chinese Students. Scenes from the Plays, with Introductory Readings from Charles and Mary Lamb’s “Tales from Shakespeare.” The Tempest
Author: William Shakespeare

Book Description

Demy-4to, c. 25 cm, total 85 pp.). Original printed paper wrappers. Typography in roman and italics; running headlines. Early gatherings signed (A2–A6), later without signatures. Footnotes include a glossary of selected terms to aid comprehension for non-native students. Provenance: from a private collection. Contemporary annotations in pencil: marginal notes on pronunciation throughout; at the beginning, Polish glosses translating vocabulary, indicating its use as a study aid by a Polish learner of English.

Dealer Notes

Rarity: recorded in Yenching University Library Bulletin, no. 26 (March 30, 1932), p. 9, as a newly catalogued acquisition. No copies located in the British Library or the Library of Congress (available online), not traced in WorldCat.

Note: A scarce educational edition prepared for Chinese learners of English, combining passages from The Tempest with simplified introductions adapted from Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare. This copy is a unique witness to the global reception of Shakespeare, circulating from China to Poland, with pedagogical traces of use.

Author William Shakespeare

Date 1910

Binding paper

Publisher London: Macmillan & Co.

Illustrator 4 illustrations

Condition Very Good

Pages 85

Price: £450.00

Offered by Trivsel Rare Books

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