Shakespeare, William. [Five plays of Shakespeare]

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 503
Folger bibliographic ID: 263543
Folger call number: PR2752 1770-1774 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349044
Accession Number: cs1159

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Title devised by cataloger Edited by Charles Jennens The plays are separately paged and signed and at least Lear was separately issued. There is no general title. But the 2 volumes properly constitute an edition of the Plays, for there is a general frontispiece portrait of the author, and it is known that Jennens planned to do the whole. The textual readings are thorough and valuable, Jennens being in this respect far in advance of his time (Folger card catalog) All title pages with statement: "collated with the old and modern editions." All imprints save Lear read: "London : Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, and sold by W. Owen, between the temple-gates, Fleet-Street", with imprints dated 1773 or 1774 Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: R. Earlom fecit. Additional play engravings alternately lettered: F. Hayman del.; Ravenet sculp., C. Grignion sculp., W.W. Ryland sculp Plays also issued individually Plays have half-titles and frontispieces Not in ESTC as a set [17Nov2011]; see ESTC T68019 (Lear); ESTC T68020 (Hamlet); ESTC T142666 (Macbeth); ESTC T43500 (Othello); ESTC T29287 (Julius Caesar) See Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers: 4965 (Hamlet); 4966 (Macbeth); 4967 (Othello); 5025 (Julius Caesar) Portions of PR2752 1770-1774 copy 1 Sh.Col. also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

v. 1. King Lear ; Hamlet -- v. 2. Macbeth ; Othello ; Julius Caesar

Item information about Folger PR2752 1770-1774 copy 1 Sh.Col

Autograph: M. Lort. "Mr. Jennens was at the expence of printing these 5 plays and was supposed to have had the chief hand in the revisal. His death (I believe) prevented the going further. ML." Bound in calf with gilt-tooled spines, red leather spine labels reading "Jennens's five plays of Shakespeare", and marbled endpapers; binder stamp: J. Leighton, Brewer St

Uniform title: Plays. 1770 Selections

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773
bookseller: White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794
bookseller: Owen, W. (William), -1793
printmaker: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
illustrator: Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776
printmaker: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774
printmaker: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810
printmaker: Ryland, William Wynne, 1732-1783
signer: Lort, Michael, 1725-1790
signer: Barrett, M., active 1789
printer: W. and J. Richardson
printer: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols (London, England)