Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from 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, & a life of Shakspeare

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 526
Folger bibliographic ID: 263903
Folger call number: PR2752 1847b copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349458
Accession Number: cs109

Edition

New ed

General notes

Frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved on steel by T.A. Dean Imprint continues: "[London] ... Hatchard and Son; Hamilton and Co.; Whittaker and Co.; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; Allen and Co.; Smith, Elder, and Co.; B. Fellowes; Cowie, Jolland, and Co.; J. Dowding; E. Hodgson; J. Hearne; J. Bain; Capes and Son; H. Washbourne; H.G. Bohn; L. Booth; T. Bumpus; R. Mackie; M. Coomes; E. Rainford; Bickers and Bush; J.F. Setchel; Newman and Co.; W. and H. White; and Waller and Son; also, for J. and J.J. Deighton, 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 1847b copy 1 Sh.Col

Bookplate: William Stather. Publisher's cloth binding; printed waste

Uniform title: Plays. 1847. Longman and Co
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from 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, & a life of Shakspeare / by Alexander Chalmers ; in eight volumes
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
associated with: Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834
publisher: Longman & Co.
publisher: Rivington, John, 1720-1792
publisher: Rivington, Francis, 1745-1822
publisher: Richardson, J. M. (James Mallcott)
printer: Gilbert & Rivington
publisher: J. Hatchard and Son
publisher: Hamilton & Co. (London, England)
publisher: Whittaker & Co.
publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.
publisher: Allen & Co. (Publisher : London, England)
publisher: Smith, Elder, and Co.
publisher: Hearne, John, active 1822-1860
publisher: Bain, James, active 1817-1839
publisher: Washbourne, Henry
publisher: Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884
publisher: Booth, Lionel, active 19th century
publisher: Bickers & Bush
publisher: A.K. Newman & Co.
publisher: G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England)
publisher: M'Lachlan and Stewart
printmaker: Dean, T. A.
former owner: Stather, William, active 19th century