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

Folger bibliographic ID: 302604
Folger call number: PR2752 1883f copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421862
Accession Number: cs730

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 1 Sh.Col

No. 168 of 550 numbered copies; v.1 also numbered 169. Half bound in goatskin, with marbled boards and endpapers; gilt top edge

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)