Shakespeare, William. The dramatick works of William Shakespeare : printed complete with Dr. Samuel Johnson's preface and notes : to which is prefixed the life of the author

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 508-509
Folger bibliographic ID: 265291
Folger call number: PR2752 1802-1804a copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 350916
Accession Number: cs47

Edition

Munroe & Francis edition

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

An edition offered by subscription either in 8 volumes or in 16 numbered parts The first Boston edition, probably edited by David Francis. There were two subsequent editions in 1807 and 1810-1812. (Jaggard p. 508). W.W. Clapp in his record of the Boston Stage, 1853, says "The notes were rewritten and condensed by Mr. Munroe from an English edition and subsequently adapted by several publishers." Each volume with half-titles and engraved title pages lettered Gridley sc.; portrait vignettes engraved by Dr. Alexander Anderson of New York (Jaggard). Plays with divisional titles Volume 1 title page dated 1802; v. 2-7 title pages dated 1803; v. 7-8 title pages dated 1804

Contents

v. 1. The author's life. Dr. Johnson's preface. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors -- v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream -- 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 ; Titus Andronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline -- v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger PR2752 1802-1804a copy 2 Sh.Col

Armorial bookplate (motto: Mevm et tvvm) of Thomas Jefferson McKee. Bound in mottled sheep with leather spine labels

Uniform title: Plays. 1802. Munroe & Francis
Extended title: The dramatick works of William Shakespeare : printed complete with Dr. Samuel Johnson's preface and notes : to which is prefixed the life of the author

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
printmaker: Gridley, Enoch, active 1803-1805
printmaker: Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870
former owner: Peabody, Nathaniel, 1774-1855
former owner: McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899
former owner: Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934
bookseller: Munroe & Francis
printer: Munroe & Francis