Shakespeare, William. Dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected

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Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Date

1851

Location

Boston, Massachusetts
United States

Media format

Printed text

Extent

8 v.

Language

English

Size

25 cm

Genre

Promotional materials

Reference IDs

Folger bibliographic ID: 264216
Folger call number: PR2752 1851k copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349840
Accession Number: 6029

Notes

General notes

Edited by Oliver W.B. Peabody; based on Singer's edition, "carefully compared" with the folio of 1623 Vol. 8 has title: The poetical works of William Shakspeare : with notes, illustrative and explanatory : together with a supplementary notice to the Roman plays Not in Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography With a life by Dr. Symmons, revised, and New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare, by J. Payne Collier (v.1) Vol. 8 includes publisher's advertisements

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1851k copy 2 Sh.Col

Imperfect: vols. 7-8 only. Bookplate: Property of Fannie L. Thomas. Autograph: Mr. H.N. Paul, 1815 Land TItle Bldg., Phila. Half bound in leather, with marbled boards and endpapers. Gift of Henry N. Paul

Also known as

Uniform title: Works. 1851. Phillips, Sampson & Co
Extended title: Dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected

Related names

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848
associated with: Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858
associated with: Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826
associated with: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
publisher: Phillips, Sampson & Company
former owner: Thomas, Fannie L., d. not before 1851
signer: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954