Shakespeare, William. The plays of Shakspeare : printed from the text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 511, 727
Folger bibliographic ID: 265564
Folger call number: PR2752 1807a copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351267
Accession Number: cs40

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

"The collapse of James Ballantyne and Co., as a result of the printing of this expensive edition, resulted in the moral obligation felt by Sir Walter Scott, which in turn resulted in the writing of the Waverley novels" (Folger card catalog) Printer information from half-title verso; "Edinburgh" follows address Each play preceded by copperplate vignette. The artists were H. Howard, Singleton, Smirke, T. Stothard, H. Thompson, R. Smirke, J. Cook, E. Smith, R. Westall, and S. Woodforde. The engravers were C. Armstrong, W. Bromley, Cromek, T.S. Engleheart, Fittler, J. Heath, J. Mitan, James Neagle, Raimback, L. Schiavonetti, E. Smith, J. Parker, Anker Smith, G. Noble, Delatre, and C. Warren Some sets issued on large paper (Jaggard) Direction lines and final leaves of text bear vol. numbers five numbers higher than actual vol., i.e.: v. 1 bearing "v. V"; "End of the fifth volume." Vol. title pages and contents pages reflect correct vol. number

Contents

v. 1. Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II -- v. 2. King Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 3. King Henry VI -- v. 4. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 5. Comedy of errors ; Taming of the shrew ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 6. Two gentlemen of Verona ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet -- v. 7. Merchant of Venice ; All's well that ends well ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 8. As you like it ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 9. Measure for measure ; Winter's tale ; King Lear -- v. 10. Cymbeline ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 11. Pericles ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus -- v. 12. Othello ; Tempest ; Twelfth-night

Item information about Folger PR2752 1807a copy 1 Sh.Col

Autographs: Walter Scott, duplicate; M.A. Mason. "Scott-Abbotsford Relics" advertisement pasted on v. 1 endpaper. Bound in leather with marbled endpapers and edges; some back boards replaced; evidence of printed waste (v.6)

Uniform title: Plays. 1807. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
Extended title: The plays of Shakspeare : printed from the text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed
Alternate titles: Plays of Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
former owner: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
bookseller: Miller, William, 1769-1844
bookseller: Constable, Archibald, 1774-1827
illustrator: Howard, Henry, 1769-1847
illustrator: Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839
illustrator: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
illustrator: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
illustrator: Woodforde, Samuel, 1763-1817
illustrator: Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
printmaker: Armstrong, Cosmo, active 1800-1836
printmaker: Bromley, William, 1769-1842
printmaker: Cromek, R. H. (Robert Hartley), 1770-1812
printmaker: Fittler, James, 1758-1835
printmaker: Heath, James, 1757-1834
printmaker: Mitan, James, 1776-1822
printmaker: Neagle, James, 1760?-1822
printmaker: Raimbach, Abraham, 1776-1843
printmaker: Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765-1810
printmaker: Smith, Edward O.
printmaker: Parker, James, 1750-1805
printmaker: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819
printmaker: Noble, George, active 18th-19th century
printmaker: Delâtre, Auguste, 1822-1907
printmaker: Warren, Charles Turner, 1767-1823
former owner: Daly, Joseph Francis, 1840-1916
printer: James Ballantyne and Co.
bookseller: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme