Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakespeare : in eight volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added notes

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 501
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers: 4559
Folger bibliographic ID: 129806
ESTC number: N12071
Folger call number: PR2752 1765b copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 121565
Accession Number: cs591

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

The second of two 1765 editions with different settings of type; in this edition Woodfall is listed as the second bookseller in the imprints of volumes 1-2, and Johnson's preface is paged continuously with other prefatory matter, [i]-clv [i.e. clxxv] Contains the plays only Vol. 1 with a general title page. Volumes 1-8 with dated volume title pages. Volumes 2-8 with volume divisional-titles reading: "the plays of William Shakespeare". All plays with a half-title Engraved frontispiece lettered: G. Vertue sculpsit Vol. 1 with the prefaces of Johnson, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, and Warburton, and Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe. Vol. 8 with an appendix Part of v. 2-4 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed; William Strahan printed v. 7-8, and [John?] Reeves printed part of v. 4 Also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1765b copy 1 Sh.Col

Vol. 2, gathering T misbound between X and Y. Stamp: Edward Dowden Library. Bound in calf with red leather spine labels. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger

Uniform title: Plays. 1765
Extended title: The plays of William Shakespeare : in eight volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added notes / by Sam. Johnson

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746
associated with: Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744
associated with: Warburton, William, 1698-1779
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
bookseller: Woodfall, H. (Henry), -1767
bookseller: Rivington, John, 1720-1792
bookseller: Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770
bookseller: Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797
bookseller: Johnston, W. (William), -1804
bookseller: Caslon, Thomas, -1783
bookseller: Corbet, Charles, Sir, 1734-1808
bookseller: Lowndes, Thomas, 1719-1784
printer: Strahan, William, 1715-1785
printer: Reeves, John, -1767
printmaker: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
signer: Keble, John, 1792-1866
signer: Brackenbury, Wm. (William), active 18th century
former owner: Boswell, James, 1740-1795
former owner: Bacon, Edmund, 1749-1820
signer: Bacon, Ann, active 18th century
bookseller: J. and R. Tonson
bookseller: Hawes, Clarke and Collins
bookseller: Executors of B. Dodd (London, England)
printer: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols (London, England)