Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, to which are prefixed, an account of the life and writings of Shakspeare, by Mr. Rowe, and Dr. Johnson's celebrated preface to his edition of Shakspeare, printed in 1765 : in ten volumes

Folger bibliographic ID: 302402
Folger call number: PR2752 1824a2 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421533
Accession Number: 6790

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

Printer information from colophon, in which "London" appears at the end of the address This issue includes "John Bumpus" in title page imprint; another issue of the same setting of type (cataloged separately) does not Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare engraved by R. Cooper; published London, John Bumpus, 1824 Each volume has a half-title with contents list and a volume title page

Contents

v. 1. Some account of the life &c. / by Mr. Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night -- v. 2. Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Mids. 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 -- v. 4. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John -- v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V -- v. 6. King Henry VI, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 -- v. 7. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 9. Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; King Lear -- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger PR2752 1824a2 copy 1 Sh.Col

Numbered sequentially in manuscript on inside front boards: '1788'-'1797'. Half-bound in dark leather (goatskin?) with cloth boards, grained to look like leather; top edge stained. Gift of Henry N. Paul

Uniform title: Plays. 1824. Otridge & Rackham
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, to which are prefixed, an account of the life and writings of Shakspeare, by Mr. Rowe, and Dr. Johnson's celebrated preface to his edition of Shakspeare, printed in 1765 : in ten volumes
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
printmaker: Cooper, Richard, approximately 1730-1820
bookseller: Otridge, John, active 1789-1825
bookseller: Sams, William
bookseller: Bumpus, John
bookseller: Hailes, Nathaniel
former owner: Hall, S. G., of Middleton Cheney, active 1848 June 10
former owner: Baker, H. S., toujours pret
former owner: Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954