Shakespeare, William. The plays of Shakespeare : in nine volumes

Keynes, G. William Pickering publisher (rev. ed.): p. 88
Folger bibliographic ID: 302307
Folger call number: PR2752 1823-1825b copy 3 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421398
Accession Number: 5.9.42

Bibliographic format

48mo?

General notes

From the text of Johnson, Steevens, & Reed Printer's name from colophon, v. 9 Diamond classics--Keynes This collected set in 9 volumes issued "1) in red cloth, paper labels, at 2 lbs. 17s, or 2) in morocco at, 4 lbs. 7s. Also issued without the engravings."--Keynes For the issue with engravings: each play accompanied by an engraving; frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in v. 1 engraved by Augustus Fox from a picture painted by T. Stothard Also issued by the publisher in XXXVIII parts in original printed wrappers with continuous pagination, cataloged separately (not mentioned by Keynes). Copies bound in 9 volumes not in one of those two bindings may have been individual parts collected and bound by a former owner. In the absence of other information, copies bound as 9 volumes with the general and volume title pages are considered to have been issued as a set by the publisher (Har. 19) (Har. 51) (Har. 109) (Har. 52) (Har. 110)

Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1823-1825b copy 3 Sh.Col

Without original engravings; extra-illustrated with engravings for most plays. Unbound, untrimmed, in plain paper wrappers

Uniform title: Plays. 1825. Pickering
Extended title: The plays of Shakespeare : in nine volumes

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
printmaker: Fox, Augustus
artist: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
printer: Corrall, Charles
publisher: Pickering, William, 1796-1854