Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of Shakspeare : embellished with plates and vignettes : in seven volumes

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 521
Folger bibliographic ID: 263181
Folger call number: PR2752 1837k copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 348623
Accession Number: cs509

General notes

Each play paginated separately, with an engraved title-page Volume title-pages printed in red and black Engraved plates by Lizars after illustrations by Fuseli, Anga. Kauffman, Durno, Ramberg, Smirke, Hamilton, Downman, Rigaud, Wheatley, Sir J. Reynolds, J. Northcote, Brown, Opie, Westall, Tresham, J. Hoppner, Kirk, and Thos. Stothard Portions of PR2752 1837k copy 3 Sh.Col. also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

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, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 -- 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

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare (Copy 3)

Item information about Folger PR2752 1837k copy 2 Sh.Col

Manuscript table of contents in each vol. Bound in pebbled leather with gold decoration. Gilt edges. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger

Uniform title: Plays. Allan Bell and Co. 1837
Extended title: The dramatic works of Shakspeare : embellished with plates and vignettes : in seven volumes
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
printmaker: Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859
illustrator: Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825
illustrator: Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807
illustrator: Durno, James, approximately 1745-1795
illustrator: Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840
illustrator: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
illustrator: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801
illustrator: Downman, John, 1750-1824
illustrator: Rigaud, J. F. (John Francis), 1742-1810
illustrator: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801
illustrator: Northcote, James, 1746-1831
illustrator: Brown, Mather, 1761-1831
illustrator: Opie, John, 1761-1807
illustrator: Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
illustrator: Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814
illustrator: Hoppner, John, 1758-1810
illustrator: Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797
illustrator: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
publisher: Washbourne, Henry
signer: Bracken, M. S., d. not before 1837
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
publisher: Allan Bell & Co.
publisher: Thomas Tegg and Son