Shakespeare, William. Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays : as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London : regulated from the prompt books of each house, by permission, with notes critical and illustrative

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 504
Burnim & Highfill. John Bell: p. 10-13
Folger bibliographic ID: 181657
ESTC number: T62806
Folger call number: PR2810 1774 item 3 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 352746
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

Edited by Francis Gentleman Vol. 1-5 of this 9-v. set exist in three separate settings of type; v. 6-9 of all three are the same setting of type. In this edition, v. 1-5 are gathered in 6's and the individual play title pages are dated 1773. Vol. 6-8, and the unnumbered ninth volume containing the poems, are in 12's. All v. title pages (v.1-8), the individual play titles (v.6-8), and the engraved title page for v. [9] are dated 1774 Plays are paginated and signed continuously except in v. 3-4, which are signed but not paginated continuously. Plays in v.1-5 were printed in a different order than how they are listed on the volume title-pages Engraved illustrations variously lettered by engravers: J. Hall, W. Byrne, M. Liart, Isaac Taylor, P. Mazell, W. Walker, C. Grignion, Js. Basire, I.K. Sherwin, and T. Cook; and artists: N. Dance, E. Edwards, Isaac Taylor, and I.K. Sherwin. Illustrations are dated between 1773-1774 Cast lists in v.1-5; most plays (notably in v. 1-5), as well as the poems, have final leaves of bookseller's advertisements List of subscribers and an Introduction to Shakespeare's plays, dated 1773, in v. 1. Life of Shakespeare in v. 9

Contents

v. 1. Macbeth ; As you like it ; Othello ; All's well that ends well -- v. 2. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Merchant of Venice ; Cymbeline ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 3. King Richard III ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Hamlet ; Tempest ; Measure for measure -- v. 4. King John ; King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VIII -- v. 5. Julius Caesar ; Timon of Athens ; Winter's tale ; Coriolanus ; Twelfth-night -- v. 6. Two gentlemen of Verona ; Taming of the shrew ; Troilus and Cressida ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 7. King Richard II ; King Henry VI -- v. 8. Titus Andronicus ; Comedy of errors ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost -- [v. 9.] Poems written by Shakespear

Item information about Folger PR2810 1774 item 3 Sh.Col

Imperfect: King Henry V only. With two final leaves of Bell's advertisments. Autograph: William Moore, 1785. Bound third with other Bell's editions of Henry IV, Henry VI, and Henry VIII. Bound in speckled calf with red leather spine label

Uniform title: Works. 1774. John Bell
Extended title: Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays : as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London : regulated from the prompt books of each house, by permission, with notes critical and illustrative / by the authors of the Dramatic censor

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784
bookseller: Bell, John, 1745-1831
bookseller: Etherington, Christopher, active 1757-1777
printmaker: Byrne, William, 1743-1805
printmaker: Hall, John, 1739-1797
printmaker: Walker, William, 1729-1793
printmaker: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810
printmaker: Basire, James, 1730-1802
printmaker: Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818
printmaker: Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790
printmaker: Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829
printmaker: Liart, Matthew, approximately 1736-approximately 1782
signer: Browne, Thomas Beale, d. not before 1774
former owner: Moore, William, active 1785
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
associated with: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
associated with: Covent Garden Theatre