Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmond Malone, Esq., 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

Folger bibliographic ID: 302308
Folger call number: PR2752 1823a copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421403
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Edition

A new edition, in eight volumes

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Printer from colophon With an errata leaf in v. 2

Contents

v. 1. Added content. 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, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 -- 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 1823a copy 2 Sh.Col

Bound in polished calf with black leather spine labels; marbled endpapers and edges

Uniform title: Plays. 1823. F., C., and J. Rivington
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmond Malone, Esq., 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, F.S.A
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

Theater

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
bookseller: Egerton, Thomas (Bookseller)
bookseller: Cuthell, John
bookseller: Scatcherd, James, 1755-1828
bookseller: Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
bookseller: Booker, J.
bookseller: Richardson, John, active 1808-1838
bookseller: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777-1857
bookseller: Mawman, Joseph, 1759-1827
bookseller: Richardson, J. M.
bookseller: Scholey, Robert
bookseller: Pheney, Richard, active 1790-1840
bookseller: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845
bookseller: Bohte, J. H. (Johann Heinrich), 1782-1825
bookseller: Wilkie, Thomas, -1824
bookseller: Saunders, R., active 1816-1829
bookseller: Black, Adam, 1784-1874
bookseller: Fairbairn, John, active 1812-1847
former owner: Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913
bookseller: A.K. Newman & Co.
bookseller: F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm)
bookseller: Longman & Co.
bookseller: Harding and Co.
bookseller: Deighton & Sons
bookseller: Thomas Wilson and Sons
bookseller: Stirling & Slade
printer: Spottiswoode & Co.