Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of Shakspeare

Folger bibliographic ID: 265474
Folger call number: ART Vol. b56 v.1-19
Folger holdings ID: 353003
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

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General notes

Originally issued in 18 parts in 1791 and 1802 [i.e. 1803?] The edition is based upon the 1790 Malone and 1793 Steevens editions Volume title pages, with "volume" designation, are all dated 1802 With a dedication leaf "To the King's most excellent majesty" dated June 4th, 1803, signed John Boydell, Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol; advertisement signed "G.N." in v. 1 Plays are paginated separately, have no signatures, and are bound in no designated order Each play has a colophon reading: From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & Co No table of contents or list of plates is given, but the plates correspond with the list given in "Boydell's Graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare," a separate issue of the plates, except that the latter lacks a variation of the first plate in Richard III (Gloster and the princes) while it has in addition (as frontispiece) "Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy, " a portrait of John Boydell, a variation of Juliet's supposed death, and a second plate in Titus Adronicus (Lavinia nursing her young nephew, by T. Kirk) "Boydell's Graphic illustrations &c." must not be confused with their "Collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare," London, 1803, two large folios containing larger plates (100, including the portraits of the King and Queen prefixed, and the two title-vignettes) most of which are entirely different from these smaller plates Plates, dated 1791-1803, are mainly by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who executed the greatest number of plates are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James Heath Portions of ART Vol. b56 v.1-19 also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

v. 1. Prefaces of Pope and Johnson to the Dramatic works of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure -- v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream -- v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well -- v. 4. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John -- v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III -- v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Titus Adronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline -- v. 9. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger ART Vol. b56 v.1-19

Extra-illustrated and expanded to 19 volumes with over 1000 prints, including illustrations of characters and scenes from Shakespeare's plays, portraits of actors in Shakespearean roles, and views of locations referred to in the plays. Specially printed t.p. (in black & red) for each volume: The dramatic works of Shakspeare / revised by George Steevens ; illustrated by W.J. Half goatskin binding with marbled paper boards. Bookplate of W.J. (motto: "Honor virtutis praemium")

Uniform title: Plays. 1802. W. Bulmer and Co
Extended title: The dramatic works of Shakspeare / revised by George Steevens
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
illustrator: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801
illustrator: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
printer: Martin, William, 1753-
illustrator: Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
illustrator: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801
illustrator: Northcote, James, 1746-1831
illustrator: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
illustrator: Opie, John, 1761-1807
illustrator: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
printmaker: Parker, James, 1750-1805
printmaker: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819
printmaker: Heath, James, 1757-1834
former owner: Wilson, Mary, active 1808
former owner: Nichol, Mary, active 1808
bookseller: John and Josiah Boydell (Firm)
bookseller: Nicol, G. (George), 1740?-1828
printer: W. Bulmer and Co.
binder: Lunow, Robert, 1893-1971
binder: Breese
binder: Bradstreet Company
former owner: Glyn, Isabella, 1823-1889
former owner: Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
former owner: George, George C.
former owner: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
former owner: W. J., d. not before 1802
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library