Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed form the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens and Edmond Malone : with Mr. Malone's various readings, a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most eminent commentators, a history of the stage, and a life of Shakspeare

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 532
Folger bibliographic ID: 265132
Folger call number: PR2752 1856k Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 350745
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Edition

New ed

General notes

With prefaces by Pope and Johnson in v. 1 Frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved on steel by T.A. Dean Imprint continues: "[London] : Hamilton and Co.; Whittaker and Co.; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; Allen and Co.; Smith, Elder, and Co.; E. Hodgson; J. Hearne; J. Bain; Capes and Son; Washbourne and Co.; H.G. Bohn; L. Booth; T. Bumpus; R. Mackie; M. Coomes; Tegg and Co.; Willis and Sotheran; Griffin and Co.; E. Rainford; Bickers and Bush; T. Fellowes; W. White; and Waller and Son; Also, for Deighton, Bell, and Co., Cambridge; Wilson and Sons, York; G. and J. Robinson, Liverpool; A. and C. Black; and MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh."

Contents

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor -- v. 2. Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; 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 1 -- v. 5. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI -- v. 6. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus -- v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles -- v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger PR2752 1856k Sh.Col

Bookplate: Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library. Binder's stamp: Hayday & Mansell. Calf binding, with marbled endpapers and edges

Uniform title: Plays. 1856. Longman & Co
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed form the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens and Edmond Malone : with Mr. Malone's various readings, a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most eminent commentators, a history of the stage, and a life of Shakspeare / by Alexander Chalmers ; in eight volumes
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
printmaker: Dean, T. A.
binder: Hayday & Mansell (London, England)
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library