Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 527
Folger bibliographic ID: 264129
Folger call number: PR2752 1850-1851 copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349729
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

General notes

Edited by Oliver W.B. Peabody; based on Singer's edition, "carefully compared" with the folio of 1623 Vol. 8 has title: The poetical works of William Shakspeare : with notes, illustrative and explanatory : together with a supplementary notice to the Roman plays Same setting of type as Phillips, Sampson, and Company's ed. published 1836 and later Vol. 1 frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare lettered: Holl, sculpsit. Added, engraved title page lettered: H. Billing del.; D.L. Glover, sc. Other plates engraved by D.L. Glover, T. Kelley, F. Halpin, Rice, Buttre, and O. Pelton, from works by J. Hayter, A.L. Egg, E. Corbould, Frith, J.W. Wright, K. Meadows, A. Johnston, and Sir J. Reynolds With a life by Dr. Symmons, revised, and New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare, by J. Payne Collier

Contents

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 2. 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 -- v. 3. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 -- v. 4. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI -- v. 5. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus -- v. 6. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles -- v. 7. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello -- v. 8. Poems. Supplementary notice to the Roman plays

Item information about Folger PR2752 1850-1851 copy 2 Sh.Col

Imperfect: lacking v.8. Some manuscript dates next to play titles in general contents list, v. 1. Autograph: William M. Dougal. Quarter bound in cloth, with paper-covered boards. In manuscript: Gift of William M. Dougal, May 17, 1944

Uniform title: Works. 1850. Phillips, Sampson & Co
Extended title: The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848
associated with: Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858
associated with: Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826
associated with: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
publisher: Phillips, Sampson & Company
signer: Dougal, William M., active 1944.
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954