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Folger call number: PR2752 1803a copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 351167
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present
Notes
Edition
The fifth edition, revised and augmented by Isaac Reed, with a glossorial index
Bibliographic format
octavo
General notes
Printer information from colophon; "London" follows address Each volume with a half-title and title page; each play with a divisional title With Some account of the life by Rowe, the prefaces of Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, Capell, Mason, and Malone in v. 1; and Farmer's essay in v. 2. Addenda and a glossarial index in v. 21 Frontispiece engraved by C. Warren from a work by Richardson. Additional plates engraved by A. Birrell, J. Parker, W. Bromley, Anker Smith, Skelton, J. Neagle, C. Armstrong, Angus, A. Warren, L. Jones, A. Raimbach, Milton, Delatre, Newton from works by T. Jordan, G. Steevens, T. Stothard, Sherwin, H. Tresham. J. Thurston, P.J. Loutherbourg, Hamilton, Burney, DeWilde, Rhemberg, Morean, T. Uwins Portions of PR2752 1803a copy 1 Sh.Col. also available as a digital reproduction
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 a 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 1803a copy 1 Sh.Col
Bookplate: Warwick Castle, Shakespeare Library. Armorial bookplate (motto: Quid clarius astris) of D. Baillie. Bound in calf with filleting, leather spine labels, and marbled endpapers
Also known as
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
Alternate titles: Plays of William Shakespeare
Related names
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744
associated with: Warburton, William, 1698-1779
associated with: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
associated with: Capell, Edward, 1713-1781
associated with: Mason, William, 1725-1797
associated with: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
associated with: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
associated with: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
associated with: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
bookseller: Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809
bookseller: Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810
bookseller: Gardner, Henry Lasher, -1808
bookseller: Payne, Thomas, 1752-1831
bookseller: Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 1748-1815
bookseller: Lowndes, W. (William)
bookseller: Wilkie, George, active 1780-1823
bookseller: Scatcherd, James, 1755-1828
bookseller: Egerton, Thomas
bookseller: Walker, John, active 1781-1817
bookseller: Barker, James, active 1779-1818
bookseller: Lea, Richard
bookseller: Nunn, James, active 1785-1830
bookseller: Kay, Thomas, 1742-1818
bookseller: Deighton, J. (John), active 1786-1812
bookseller: White, John, active 1792-1816
bookseller: Miller, William, 1769-1844
bookseller: Walker, David, active 1787-1805
bookseller: Hurst, Thomas
bookseller: Harding, J. (John)
bookseller: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777-1857
bookseller: Bagster, Samuel, 1772-1851
bookseller: Mawman, Joseph, 1759-1827
bookseller: Badcock, J. (John), active 1801-1820
bookseller: Asperne, James
bookseller: Ostell, Thomas
printmaker: Warren, Charles Turner, 1767-1823
printmaker: Birrell, A., active 1770-1820
printmaker: Parker, James, 1750-1805
printmaker: Bromley, William, 1769-1842
printmaker: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819
printmaker: Skelton, William, 1763-1848
printmaker: Neagle, James, 1760?-1822
printmaker: Armstrong, Cosmo
printmaker: Angus, William, 1752-1821
printmaker: Warren, Ambrose William, 1781?-1856
printmaker: Jones, L., active 19th century
printmaker: Raimbach, Abraham, 1776-1843
printmaker: Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827
printmaker: Delâtre, Auguste, 1822-1907
printmaker: Newton, active early 19th century
illustrator: Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745
illustrator: Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
illustrator: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
illustrator: Sherwin, Charles, 1764-1794
illustrator: Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814
illustrator: Thurston, John, 1774-1822
illustrator: Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812
illustrator: Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798
illustrator: Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848
illustrator: De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832
illustrator: Rhemberg, active 19th century
illustrator: Morean, active 19th century
illustrator: Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857
bookseller: J. Nichols and Son
bookseller: F. and C. Rivington (Firm)
bookseller: G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England)
bookseller: W. Clarke and Son (Booksellers)
bookseller: David Ogilvy & Son (London, England)
bookseller: Cuthell and Martin
bookseller: Lackington, Allen and Co.
bookseller: Vernor and Hood
bookseller: B. Crosby and Co.
bookseller: Longman and Rees (London, England)
bookseller: Cadell & Davies
former owner: Wheler, Robert Bell, 1785-1857
former owner: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
former owner: Latham, Francis Law, 1837-1923
binder: Mudie, active 19th-20th century
former owner: Freeman, Arthur, 1938-
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library