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

Folger bibliographic ID: 265906
Folger call number: PR2752 1813a copy 3 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351722
Accession Number: cs456

Edition

The sixth edition

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Printer information from v. 1. colophon; "London" follows address. Vol. 21 colophon reads: Printed by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey Publisher's paper spine labels read: Johnson and Steevens's Shakspeare : a new edition / by Reed, 1813 ; twenty-one volumes ; price in boards £12 12s Each volume with vol. half-titles and title pages; each play with divisional titles Addenda and glossarial index in v. 21

Contents

v. 1-3. Prolegomena -- v. 4. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Midsummer-night's dream -- v. 5. Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night -- v. 6. Much ado about nothing ; Measure for measure -- v. 7. Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice -- v. 8. As you like it ; All's well that ends well -- v. 9. Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale -- v. 10. Macbeth ; King John -- v. 11. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 -- v. 12. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V -- v. 13. King Henry VI, parts 1-2 -- v. 14. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III -- v. 15. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 16. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar -- v. 17. Antony and Cleopatra ; King Lear -- v. 18. Hamlet ; Cymbeline -- v. 19. Timon of Athens ; Othello -- v. 20. Romeo and Juliet ; Comedy of errors -- v. 21. Titus Andronicus ; Pericles

Item information about Folger PR2752 1813a copy 3 Sh.Col

Extra-illustrated with unlettered engraving of artist gazing at bust of Shakespeare at the end of v. 1. Some manuscript pencil notes. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Trollope. Marbled calf binding

Uniform title: Plays. 1813. J. Nichols and Son
Extended title: The plays of William Shakspeare : in twenty-one 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 ; with a glossarial index
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
former owner: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
former owner: Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
former owner: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
former owner: Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
former owner: Tabor, Stephen J. W. (Stephen James Wilson), 1815-1883