Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakspeare : in six volumes : printed from the text of Isaac Reed, Esq

Folger bibliographic ID: 265908
Folger call number: PR2752 1813b1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351726
Accession Number: 6.7.39

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Printer information from colophon; "Boston" follows address Added engraved title pages with imprint: Published by Charles Williams, Boston & Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, 1813. Another issue in 6 volumes exists with the added engraved title pages bearing the imprint: Published by Charles Williams, Boston & Eastburn, Kirk & Co., New York. Both issues in 6 volumes were printed on the same types as The plays of William Shakspeare complete in one volume, published by Charles Williams, 1813 [i.e. 1814] Portions also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1813b1 Sh.Col

"Presented to Miss Laura Pleasonton, with his very best wishes for her prosperity and happiness, by her sincere friend James Buchanan, Washington, 4 July 1836." Stamp: Pleasonton. Autographs: James Buchanan; Laura Pleasonton. Bookplate: John B. Larner, Washington, DC. Marbled calf binding. Gift of John B. Larner, June 7, 1939

Uniform title: Plays. 1813. Charles Williams
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : in six volumes : printed from the text of Isaac Reed, Esq
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
engraver: Boyd, John
publisher: Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824
publisher: Williams, Charles, 1789-1854
printer: Buckingham, Joseph T. (Joseph Tinker), 1779-1861
former owner: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
former owner: Pleasonton, Laura, -1893
former owner: Larner, John B. (John Bell), 1858-1931