Shakespeare, William. The plays and poems of William Shakspeare : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : comprehending a life of the poet, and an enlarged history of the stage

Folger bibliographic ID: 266316
Folger call number: PR2752 1821e copy 4 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 352181
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Printer information from colophon; "London" follows address Edited by James Boswell, the younger, to whom Malone left his materials for a new edition (Malone's first edition appeared in 1790 in 10 vols.) "'Boswell's Malone' is generally known as the 'third variorum' edition of Shakespeare." cf. Dict. nat. biog. v. 35, p. 437 The plays are arranged in Malone's chronological order for the first time (Folger card catalog) Publisher's spine label reads: "Shakspeare's plays and poems : a new edition / with additional illustrations by the late Edmond Malone." Frontispieces engraved by Fry and Agar. Additional illustrations engraved by L. Jones

Contents

v. 1. Prolegomena: Advertisement to the present edition, by Boswell. A biographical memoir of Edmond Malone, by Boswell. Pope's preface. Theobald's preface. Sir Thomas Hanmer's preface. Dr. Warburton's preface. Dr.Johnson's preface. Steeven's advertisement, 1766. Capell's introduction. Steeven's advertisement, 1773. Reed's advertisement, 1785. Malone's preface, 1790. Steeven's advertisement, 1793. Reed's advertisement, 1803. Steeven's advertisement, 1803. Preface to Richardson's proposals. Richardson's proposals and supplement. Dr. Farmer on the learning of Shakespeare. Appendix to Colman's translation of Terence. Ancient translations from classical authors. List of detached criticisms on Shakspeare, &c. Shakespeare, Ford and Jonson. Rowe's life of Shakspeare. Additional anecdotes. Commendatory poems on Shakspeare. Essay on phraseology and meter. -- v. 2. Malone's life of Shakspeare, comprehending an essay on the chronological order of his plays. Appendix. Shakspeare's coat of arms. Conveyance from Walker to Shakspeare. Shakspeare's mortgage. Declaration of trust, by Heminge, &c. Shakspeare's will. Extracts from Stratford register. Entries on the stationers' books. List of the early editions of Shakspeare. Dedication of the players, 1623. Preface of the players. Modern editions. Plays ascribed to Shakspeare. Plays altered from Shakspeare. Character of Aubrey, the antiquary. -- v. 3. Malone's history of the stage. Additions from Henslowe's register. Additions by Steevens. Appendix from Malone's papers. Further account of the stage, from Chalmers. Addenda from the same. Markland's dissertation on the Chester mysteries (cont.) v. 4. Two gentlemen of Verona ; Comedy of errors ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 5. Merchant of Venice ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 6. Romeo and Juliet ; As you like it -- v. 7. Much ado about nothing ; Hamlet -- v. 8. Merry wives of Windsor ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 9. Measure for measure ; Othello -- v. 10. King Lear ; All's well that ends well -- v. 11. Twelfth-night ; Macbeth -- v. 12. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 13. Cymbeline ; Timon of Athens -- v. 14. Coriolanus ; Winter's tale -- v. 15. Tempest ; King John. Essay on The tempest -- v. 16. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 -- v. 17. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V -- v. 18. King Henry VI ; Malone's dissertation. -- v. 19. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 20. Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Memoirs of Lord Southampton. -- v. 21. Pericles ; Titus Andronicus. Addenda. Indexes. Errata

Item information about Folger PR2752 1821e copy 4 Sh.Col

Interleaved; some manuscript notes. Type-written note in v. 1: "William Edward Buckley copy. Listed in sale of his books, Sotheby's, Feb. 27-Mar. 9, 1892. Note signed by him in v. 10, p. 112." Half leather and cloth binding with filleting and marbled endpapers; manuscript pencil "bound by Hayday" in v. 1

Uniform title: Works. 1821. Rivington
Extended title: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : comprehending a life of the poet, and an enlarged history of the stage / by the late Edmond Malone ; with a new glossarial index
Alternate titles: Plays and poems of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Capell, Edward, 1713-1781
associated with: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
associated with: Boswell, James, 1778-1822
binder: Hayday, James, 1796-1872
printmaker: Fry, William Thomas, 1789-1843
printmaker: Agar, John Samuel, approximately 1770-approximately 1835
printmaker: Jones, L., active 19th century
former owner: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
former owner: Buckley, William Edward, 1818-1892
former owner: Fish, Asa I. (Asa Israel), 1820-1879
annotator: Fish, Asa I. (Asa Israel), 1820-1879
former owner: Corson, Hiram, 1828-1911
former owner: Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
annotator: Jourdain, W . C. ( William C.), active 1860
former owner: Jourdain, W. C. ( William C.), active 1860
binder: Proudfoot