Shakespeare, William. The dramatic works of Wm. Shakspeare : correctly given from the text of Johnson & Steevens : with a preface

Folger bibliographic ID: 302407
Folger call number: PR2752 1823f copy 3 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421547
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Printer from colophon, v. 1. Vol. 2-8 colophon reads: Printed by D.S. Maurice, Fenchurch-Street The plays (separately paged and each with its own title) are from the same setting of type as the 9-v. 1818 edition printed by C. Whittingham for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare, v. 1, engraved by R. Page Several variant states noted. Vol. title page vignettes vary consistently by set: v. 1 is either a jug on a table, or a seated man with snakes. Title page to Romeo and Juliet, v. 2, reads either "A tragedy" or "A comedy." Original publisher's printed paper spine labels is either a long one containing the phrase "With embellishments from Thurston's designs" and has price 1/2/6, or a short one reading "Shakspeare in nine volumes" with price 31/6

Contents

v. 1. Preface / Samuel Johnson. Macbeth ; Hamlet ; Coriolanus -- v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Tempest ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Love's labour's lost ; King Richard II -- v. 4. Measure for measure ; Merry wives of Windsor ; King Richard III ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 5. Taming of the shrew ; Julius Caesar ; As you like it ; King Lear ; Two gentlemen of Verona -- v. 6. King John ; Comedy of errors ; Pericles ; Cymbeline ; Twelfth-night -- v. 7. Midsummer-night's dream ; Othello ; Winter's tale ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 8. King Henry IV ; King Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1 -- v. 9. King Henry VI, parts 2-3 ; King Henry VIII. Glossary

Item information about Folger PR2752 1823f copy 3 Sh.Col

Vol. 1, Macbeth bound last. Vol. 1 vignette is seated man with snakes. Romeo t.p. reads "comedy." In original boards with short paper spine labels. Printed paper label '14' at head of v. 6 spine. Gift of Henry N. Paul

Uniform title: Plays. 1823. Bumpus
Extended title: The dramatic works of Wm. Shakspeare : correctly given from the text of Johnson & Steevens : with a preface / by Samuel Johnson, LL. D. ; and complete glossarial index
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of Wm. Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
bookseller: Bumpus, John
printer: Maurice, D. S. (David Sampson)
bookseller: Andrews, William Eusebius, 1773-1837
bookseller: Reid, W. H., active 19th century
former owner: Polydore, Henry, brother of Charlotte Polidori, approximately 1808-?
former owner: Polidori, Charlotte, 1802 or 1803-1890
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954