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

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 515
Folger bibliographic ID: 302401
Folger call number: PR2752 1823k copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421532
Accession Number: cs1954

Edition

A new edition, in ten volumes

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

"Advertisement" signed: W.H., possibly William Hazlitt Printer from colophon Each volume has a half-title and volume Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in v. 1 lettered: Dean, sculpt "A few sets were done on large paper"--Jaggard

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 1823k copy 2 Sh.Col

Bookplate with crest: Lady Emily Lygon. Half-bound in calf with marbled paper boards. Printed waste visible in v. 1

Uniform title: Plays. 1823. Rivington
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
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
attributed name: Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830
printmaker: Dean, T. A.
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
former owner: Lygon, Emily, Lady
associated with: Egerton, Thomas (Bookseller)
bookseller: Cuthell, John
bookseller: Scatcherd, James, 1755-1828
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