Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of William Shakspeare

Folger bibliographic ID: 266015
Folger call number: PR2752 1814b Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351866
Accession Number: 6553

Edition

Whittingham's edition

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Volume 1 vol. half-title reads: "Shakspeare : in seven volumes : with two hundred and thirty embellishments : a life of the poet : the preface by Dr. Johnson : and a glossarial index." Each play with an individual title page reading "from the Chiswick Press" dated 1813. Plays with separate pagination and signatures Vignette engravings on divisional play title pages and at the top of each act by John Thompson "Remarks on the life and writings of William Shakspeare, written expressly for this edition by John Britton", and Johnson's preface in v.1. Glossarial index in v. 7 With four final leaves of Whittingham's advertisements in v. 7

Contents

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure -- v. 2. 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 -- v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II -- v. 4. King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI, parts 1-2 -- v. 5. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens -- v. 6. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 7. Pericles ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger PR2752 1814b Sh.Col

Bound in calf with blind-tooling

Uniform title: Plays. 1814. C. Whittingham
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of William Shakespeare, Shakspeare in seven volumes

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Britton, John, 1771-1857
associated with: Thompson, John, 1785-1866