Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : from the corrected text of Johnson and Steevens : embellished with plates : in six volumes

Folger bibliographic ID: 265559
Folger call number: PR2752 1807c copy 4 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 352258
Accession Number: cs1269

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

Printer information from volume 1 title page verso; "London" follows address Plays are paginated and signed separately Without introduction or notes; plates are dated 1802 to 1804; 16 of the 22 plates are by Stothard, 4 by Hamilton, 2 by Fuseli, all engraved by J. Heath, hence called "Heath's edition." cf. Lowndes The plates were also issued without text in "A series of engravings, by Heath and Bartolozzi, from paintings by Stothard to illustrate the works of Shakspeare and Milton ... London, 1818." Portions of copies 1 and 4 and of ART Vol. b54 also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

v. 1. Midsummer-night's dream ; Taming of the shrew ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Much ado about nothing ; All's well that ends well ; Measure for measure -- v. 2. Winter's tale ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Hamlet ; Romeo and Juliet ; King Richard II ; King Richard III -- v. 3. Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King Henry VI ; As you like it -- v. 4. Tempest ; Twelfth-night ; King Henry VIII ; Julius Caesar ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus -- v. 5. Love's labour's lost ; King John ; King Lear ; Troilus and Cressida ; Titus Andronicus ; Othello -- v. 6. Merchant of Venice ; King Henry IV ; Henry V ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles

Item information about Folger PR2752 1807c copy 4 Sh.Col

Extra-illustrated, bound in 9 volumes in differing order than issued. Bookseller's description pasted onto v. 1 fly-leaf: "6 vols extended to 9 by the insertion of 989 [993] additional plates, including 92 finely-executed water-colour drawings of scenes of the plays by H. Jeayes, some original designs and some after eminent painters, also numerous portraits of Shakespeare, his principal editors, royal and historical personages, eminent actors and actresses who have acted in his plays, numerous scenes of the plays, views of interesting sites and historical buildings, referred to in the text, and all by and after eminent artists." Contents: v. 1. Midsummer-night's dream ; Taming of the shrew ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 2. Winter's tale ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Hamlet ; Romeo and Juliet -- v. 3. Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King Henry VI, parts 1-2 -- v. 4. Tempest ; Twelfth-night ; King Henry VIII ; Julius Caesar -- v. 5. Love's labour's lost ; King John ; King Lear ; Troilus and Cressida ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 6. Merchant of Venice ; King Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 7. King Henry VI, part 3 ; As you like it ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus -- v. 8. Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles -- v. 9. All's well that ends well ; Measure for measure ; King Richard II ; King Richard III. Illustrations gathered by George C. George of Penryn, Cornwall. For further reference concerning 2 copies of grangerized editions by George in the Folger Library, see The illustrated Shakespeare, 1709-1875, Stuart Sillars, Cambridge, CUP, 2008, p. 219-251. Full contemporary Russia gilt with gilt leaves; rebacked; binder's ticket: J. Heard, binder, 16 Denmark Ct., Strand

Uniform title: Plays. 1807. John Stockdale
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : from the corrected text of Johnson and Steevens : embellished with plates : in six volumes
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
bookseller: Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
printer: Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760-1835
illustrator: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
illustrator: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801
illustrator: Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825
printmaker: Heath, James, 1757-1834
former owner: Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
former owner: George, George C.
former owner: Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
illustrator: Jeayes, Henry
former owner: Hagen, Winston H. (Winston Henry), 1859-1918
former owner: Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908