Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare : in two volumes

Shaw and Shoemaker: 17946
Folger bibliographic ID: 302291
Folger call number: PR2752 1824c copy 3 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421368
Accession Number: cs2036

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Stereotyper information precedes publisher information on title page; "Philadelphia" follows name Added engraved title page reads: The plays of William Shakspeare : illustrated with engravings by George B. Ellis from the designs of R. Smirke R.A. ... 1824 Publisher's original spine labels read: Shakspeare in two vols. : with elegant engravings Added engraved title page and frontispiece lettered: Painted by R. Smirke, R.A.; engraved by G.B. Ellis Printed in two columns

Contents

v. 1. Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; 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 ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 2. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger PR2752 1824c copy 3 Sh.Col

Effaced stamp: Charles [?], Albany, N.Y. Autograph v. 2: J[ames?] Vail, Albany. Bound in colored marbled sheep, with leather spine labels, filleting, and speckled edges; bookseller's ticket: Joseph McDonough bookseller, 53 & 55 State St., Albany, N.Y

Uniform title: Plays. 1824. M'Carty & Davis
Extended title: The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare : in two volumes
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
illustrator: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
printmaker: Ellis, George B.
stereotyper: Howe, Jedediah, 1791-1834
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
publisher: M'Carty & Davis
publisher: H.C. Carey & I. Lea (Firm)