Shakespeare, William. Dramatic works of Shakespeare : the text of the first edition

Folger bibliographic ID: 302604
Folger call number: PR2752 1883f copy 5 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421866
Accession Number: cs1484

General notes

"Illustrated with etchings" by M. Monziès, from original designs by M. Pille Frontispiece portrait lettered: A. Dawson, photo sc Issued in a numbered edition of 550 copies, and a numbered edition, with proofs of the etchings in two states, of 75 copies

Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1883f copy 5 Sh.Col

No. 225 of 550 numbered copies. Publisher's cloth binding. Ream of note paper, with extensive manuscript corrections by J.S. Scott of Norwich laid in v.2, removed to curatorial file

Uniform title: Plays. 1883. W. Paterson
Extended title: Dramatic works of Shakespeare : the text of the first edition

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
printmaker: Monziès, Louis, 1849-
printmaker: Dawson, Alfred
illustrator: Pille, Henri, 1844-1897
former owner: Clemenger, W. G. W., active 1889
former owner: Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943
former owner: Scott, J. S., active 19th century
printer: Turnbull & Spears
binder: Palmer & Howe (Manchester, England)