Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of William Shakespeare

Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer's manual of English literature: p. 2266
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 516
Keynes, G. William Pickering publisher (rev. ed.): p. 88
Folger bibliographic ID: 270544
Folger call number: PR2752 1826a2 copy 3 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 356566
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

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twelvemo

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"Shakespeare's plays, in one very small pocket volume, printed by Corrall, and embellished with a vignette of 'Shakespeare between Tragedy and Comedy,' and a portrait by Stothard, price £1.1s. in extra boards; or illustrated with 38 engravings, price £2.2s. This volume is printed upon paper of a fine, silky texture, with diamond type of a clear and elegant form" (Pickering advertisement). Two issues of this edition exist: an illustrated issue with an engraved portrait, an added-engraved title page, and 37 play engravings after Stothard; and a variant, unillustrated issue with an engraved portrait frontispiece only Printer information from colophon Printed in two columns Frontispiece portrait lettered: "Engraved by Augustus Fox from a picture painted by T. Stothard, after the rare print by Droeshout; published by William Pickering, 1825." A variant frontispiece lettered: "H. Robinson sc., London, William Pickering, 1832" may be found in the unillustrated variant Added engraved title page lettered: T. Stothard, R.A.; Aug. Fox sc., MDCCCXXVI. Additional plates engraved by R. Grave, C. Marr, F.S. Engleheart, S. Watts, H. Adlard, E.G. Perkins, and T. White from works by Sir Joshua Reynolds, W. Peters, W.H. Worthington, Wright, T. Kirk, H. Howard, and R. Westall Wreath printer's device on title page Fifty copies (of the illustrated variant) were issued on India paper and a few on large paper (Jaggard) With two final leaves of advertisements for Pickering

Item information about Folger PR2752 1826a2 copy 3 Sh.Col

This is the unill. variant, with the 1826 frontispiece; lacking advertisements. Manuscript pencil illustration of a man with a top hat reading a book on back fly-leaf. Bookplate: Ex Libris W.T. Smedley. In publisher's green cloth binding with paper spine label lettered: Shakespeare, Pickering, 1826, £1.1s

Uniform title: Plays. 1826. William Pickering

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
publisher: Pickering, William, 1796-1854
illustrator: Stothard, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1797-
illustrator: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
illustrator: Peters, Matthew William, 1741 or 1742-1814
illustrator: Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839
illustrator: Wright, John Massey, 1777-1866
illustrator: Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797
illustrator: Howard, Henry, 1769-1847
illustrator: Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
binder: Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883
printer: Corrall, Charles
printmaker: Fox, Augustus
printmaker: Graves, Robert, 1798-1873
printmaker: Marr, Charles W., active 19th century
printmaker: Engleheart, Francis, 1775-1849
printmaker: Watts, S. (Stephen), active 19th century
printmaker: Adlard, Henry
printmaker: Perkins, E. G.
printmaker: White, Thomas, approximately 1730-approximately 1775
former owner: Baldwin, August S., d. not before 1826
former owner: Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954