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. 528
Folger bibliographic ID: 264128
Folger call number: PR2752 1850-1857 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349726
Accession Number: 6023

General notes

Edited by Oliver W.B. Peabody; based on Singer's edition, "carefully compared" with the folio of 1623 Added, engraved title page: Shakspeare's complete works, Boston edition ... 1851 Vols. 2-7 have variant title: Dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected Vol. 8 has title: The poetical works of William Shakspeare : with notes, illustrative and explanatory : together with a supplementary notice to the Roman plays Individual volumes with varying publication date Volumes printed in 1856 with variant imprint: Boston : Phillips, Sampson, and Company ; New York : James C. Derby 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 (v.1) 271132

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 1850-1857 copy 1 Sh.Col

Publisher's cloth binding, with blind decoration. Newspaper clipping regarding potato harvests laid in, removed to curatorial file. Gift of Henry N. Paul

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
former owner: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
donor: Leighton, Frederica