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New York, New York (State)
United States
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Folger bibliographic ID: 265711
Shaw & Shoemaker: 18594 (v. 7-12, 16)
Folger call number: PR2801 .A1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 18699
Accession Number: cs484
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twelvemo
General notes
Edited by Joseph Dennie General title page in v. 1. Vol. 2-17 with volume title pages of varying imprints and dates. All volumes with half-titles; all plays with divisional title pages Vol. 2-17 title pages read: The plays of William Shakspeare: with notes by Johnson and Steevens Vol. 2-8 imprints: H. Maxwell and T.S. Manning. Vol. 9-17: J. Morgan and T. S. Manning. Vol. 17 colophon: A. Small, printer. Note: there exist variant volumes with the same settings of type and colophons, with alternate volume title page imprints: "I. Riley and Co., New York, and H. Maxwell and T.S. Manning, Philadelphia, 1806" (v. 2, 4, 5, 8); "J. and T. [or "T. and J."] Ronalds, and I. Riley and Co., New York, and H. Maxwell and T.S. Manning, Philadelphia, 1806" (v.4, 5); "C. and A. Conrad & Co., [etc.]" (v.13-15, 17) Vol. 1, 12-17 dated 1809. Vol. 2-6 dated 1805. Vol. 7-8 dated 1806. Vol. 9-10 dated 1807. Vol. 11 dated 1808 Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Lawson sc.; printed by Jo. Brown. Note: variant frontispiece portrait lettered: Zoust pinxit; Edwin sc The prefaces of Johnson, Pope, Malone, and Theobald; Rowe's The life of Shakspeare; Farmer's essay, and advertisements by Steevens and Reed in v. 1. Glossarial index in v. 17
Contents
v. 1. Prolegomena -- v. 2. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Midsummer-night's dream -- v. 3. Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure -- v. 4. Love's labour's lost ; Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice -- v. 5. As you like it ; All's well that ends well -- v. 6. Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors -- v. 7. Macbeth ; King John -- v. 8. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 -- v. 9. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V -- v. 10. King Henry VI -- v. 11. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 12. Troilus and Cressida ; Romeo and Juliet -- v. 13. Coriolanus ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 14. Julius Caesar ; King Lear -- v. 15. Hamlet ; Timon of Athens -- v. 16. Cymbeline ; Othello -- v. 17. Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
Item information about Folger PR2801 .A1 Sh.Col
Fragment: All's well that ends well only. In plain wrapper with manuscript ink title on front cover; leaves untrimmed
Also known as
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : in seventeen volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added notes / by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens ; revised and augmented by Isaac Reed, Esq. ; with a glossarial index
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare
Related names
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Capell, Edward, 1713-1781
associated with: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
associated with: Richardson, William, 1743-1814
associated with: Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812
printmaker: Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846
printmaker: Edwin, David, 1776-1841
illustrator: Soest, Gerard, approximately 1600-1681
bookseller: Maxwell, Hugh, 1777-1860
bookseller: Manning, Thomas S., 1771?-1855
bookseller: Riley, Isaac, 1770-1824
printer: Small, Abraham, 1764?-1829
bookseller: C. & A. Conrad & Co.
bookseller: Conrad, Lucas & Co.
bookseller: Somervell & Conrad
bookseller: Bonsal, Conrad & Co.
bookseller: James & Thomas Ronalds (Firm)
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
former owner: Hazlehurst, James W., d. not before 1809
former owner: Bethell, William, d. not before 1809
former owner: Bailey, Wm., d. not before 1809
former owner: Fauntleroy, Anne Magill, d. not before 1809
former owner: Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902