Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : in seventeen volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added notes

Folger bibliographic ID: 265714
Folger call number: PR2752 1809b copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351478
Accession Number: 5967

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

Edited by Joseph Dennie Printer's original paper spine label reads: "Conrad & Co.'s edition of Shakspeare's plays." Printer information from v. 17 colophon General title page in v. 1. Vol. 2-17 volume title pages read: "The plays of William Shakspeare: with notes by Johnson and Steevens"; with imprints as v. 1, dated 1809. All volumes with half-titles; all plays with divisional title pages Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Lawson sc.; printed by Jo. Brown 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 PR2752 1809b copy 2 Sh.Col

Inscription: John Gill Jr., presented by J.W. Tilford, 1816. Gift of Henry N. Paul. Mottled leather binding with filleting, leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, and speckled edges

Uniform title: Plays. 1809. C. and A. Conrad & Co
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

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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
former owner: Arnold, Juliet L., active 1857
former owner: Arnold, Ruth, active 1944
printer: Small, Abraham, 1764?-1829
printmaker: Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
bookseller: C. & A. Conrad & Co.
bookseller: Conrad, Lucas & Co.
bookseller: Somervell & Conrad
bookseller: Bonsal, Conrad & Co.