Shakespeare, William. The dramatick works of William Shakespear : printed complete from the best editions of Samuel Johnson, George Stevens [sic], and E. Malone : to which is prefixed the life of the author

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Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Date

MDCCXCII [1792]

Location

Edinburgh
London, England
Great Britain

Media format

Printed text

Extent

8 v.

Language

English

Size

17 cm

Reference IDs

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 506
Folger bibliographic ID: 174458
ESTC number: T138589
Folger call number: PR2725 1792 copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349926
Accession Number: cs215

Notes

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

Each volume with an engraved volume title page and a volume half title. Each play with a half title Some account of the life by Rowe, and a glossary in v. 1

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

Item information about Folger PR2725 1792 copy 2 Sh.Col

Vol. 1 lacking volume divisional title; v. 7 lacking vol. t.p. Some manuscript annotations; King Leyr verse from "Spenser's Faery Queene, B.II. CXXVII" on Lear half-title. Cardstock marked "911/8 Shakespeare" removed to Curatorial file from between p. 132-133 of Romeo & Juliet (v.8). Autograph: Dana. Bound in leather with leather spine labels; v.1 with label affixed to spine "M11/8". Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger

Also known as

Uniform title: Plays. 1792. W. Gordon
Extended title: The dramatick works of William Shakespear : printed complete from the best editions of Samuel Johnson, George Stevens [sic], and E. Malone : to which is prefixed the life of the author
Alternate titles: Dramatic works of William Shakespeare

Related names

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
bookseller: Gordon, W. (William), -approximately 1794
bookseller: Cheyne, N. R.
bookseller: Lackington, James, 1746-1815
bookseller: Coke, William, active 1764-1819
former owner: Thistlewood, John, d. not before 1792
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954