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Great Britain
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Reference IDs
Folger call number: PR2752 1820d2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351990
Accession Number: cs1099
Notes
Bibliographic format
twelvemo
General notes
There exist two issues of the 1820 Dramatic works of William Shakespeare, bearing the same imprints and contents: a large and a regular paper issue. In this regular paper issue, the pages measure approximately 18 cm, and all signatures are bound in 12mo format except the Tempest, which is bound in 8vo. The large paper issue measures approximately 22 cm, and the signatures are bound in 8vo format
Contents
v. 1. Some account of the life, &c. of William Shakespeare / Nicholas Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's essay on Shakespeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona -- v. 2. Midsummer-night's dream ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 3. Measure for measure ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice -- v. 4. As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 5. Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John -- v. 6. King Richard II ; King Henry IV -- v. 7. Henry V ; King Henry VI, parts 1-2 -- v. 8 King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar -- v. 10. Antony and Cleopatra ; King Lear ; Hamlet -- v. 11. Cymbeline ; Timon of Athens ; Othello -- v. 12. Romeo and Juliet ; Comedy of errors ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
Item information about Folger PR2752 1820d2 Sh.Col
Half black leather binding with marbled paper boards, filleting on spines; bookseller's ticket: E. Parker, bookseller, Bath
Also known as
Extended title: The dramatic works of William Shakespeare : from the correct edition of Isaac Reed, Esq., with copious annotations
Related names
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807