Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of Shakspeare

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Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Date

MDCCCXXVIII [1828]

Location

Chiswick London, England : (Chiswick London, England
London, England
Great Britain

Media format

Printed text

Extent

8 v.

Language

English

Size

12 cm

Genre

Promotional materials

Reference IDs

Folger bibliographic ID: 302456
Folger call number: PR2752 1828d copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421627
Accession Number: 5.1.41

Notes

Bibliographic format

sixteenmo

General notes

Date from vol. half-titles, which read: The dramatic works of Shakspeare, with a Life, and glossary, eight volumes Printer information from colophon Vol. title pages are engraved embellished with a wood-engraved vignette; v. 2 lettered: W. Harvey del., Thompson sc. Volumes are variously embellished with unlettered wood engravings Price: "24s." (original paper spine label) Four leaves of advertisements for "Works printed at the Chiswick Press" in v. 10

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1828d copy 1 Sh.Col

In original red publisher's cloth binding with paper spine labels

Also known as

Uniform title: Plays. 1828. C. and C. Whittingham
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of Shakespeare

Related names

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826
illustrator: Harvey, William, 1796-1866
printmaker: Thompson, John, 1785-1866
bookseller: Hurst, Thomas
bookseller: Hailes, Nathaniel
bookseller: Jennings, R. (Bookseller), (Robert)
bookseller: Arnold, Charles Stapleton
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
former owner: Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
bookseller: James Carpenter and Son
bookseller: G. Cowie, and Co.
printer: C. & C. Whittingham (London, England)