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Great Britain
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Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740: p. 23-26
Folger bibliographic ID: 174459
ESTC number: T138590
Alston: III.73
Folger call number: PR2842 1728 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 356909
Accession Number: cs968
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twelvemo
General notes
Pope's second edition was published in 8 volumes in 1728, followed by a supplementary 9th volume, then reissued in 10 volumes, with cancel title pages. Pope's second edition may be considered complete in 8, 9, or 10 volumes, though no set is known with a general title page printed 'in nine volumes' (Ford) Vol. 10 volume title page reads: "The works of Mr. William Shakespear : the tenth volume : containing Venus and Adonis : Tarquin and Lucrece : with his miscellany poems : to which are added critical remarks on his plays : and an essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England, both by Mr. Gildon : also a glossary of the old words us'd in these works / the whole revis'd and corrected, with a preface, by Dr. Sewell." The imprints of the volume title pages in volumes 1-3, 6-8 read: "Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand"; those of volumes 4, 5 and 9 read: "Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, and for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, and F. Clay, in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington"; and that of volume 10 reads: "Printed for J. and J. Knapton, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, W. Mears, J. Pemberton, J. Osborn and T. Longman, B. Motte, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, and J. Batley, 1728." Vol. 1. Signatures: A¹² (-A12) B¹² C⁶ D-T¹². Pagination: [2], li, [5], 383, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 2. Signatures: A-Q¹². Pagination: 384 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 3. Signatures: A-T¹²; T12 blank. Pagination: 454 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 4. Signatures: A-T¹² U¹² (-U11-12). Pagination: 476 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 5. Signatures: A-R¹². Pagination: 408 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 6. Signatures: A-P¹². Pagination: 360 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 7. A-P¹² Q⁶. Pagination: 371, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 8. Signatures: A-S¹² T-Z⁶ 2A⁶ (-2A6). Pagination: 427, [75] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 9. Signatures: A-S¹². Pagination: 426, [6] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 10. Signatures: A⁶ B-U¹². Pagination: xii, 453, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates Engraved plates variously lettered: Lud. du Guernier or P. Fourdrinier (v. 1-9); and M. V. der Gucht (v. 10) Includes the Life of Shakespeare by Nicholas Rowe in v. 1; v. 8 has an index and 'various readings.' Vol. 9 with three final leaves of bookseller's advertisements for Tonson (leaves S10-11) and the Wellingtons (leaf S12) Also available as a digital reproduction
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure -- v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it -- v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well -- Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; King Lear -- v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III -- v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar -- v. 7. Antony and Cleopatra ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 8. Cymbeline ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello -- v. 9. Pericles ; London prodigal ; Thomas, Lord Cromwell ; Sir John Oldcastle ; Puritan ; Yorkshire tragedy ; Locrine -- v. 10. Venus and Adonis ; Tarquin and Lucrece ; Poems
Item information about Folger PR2842 1728 Sh.Col
Vol. 10 only; p. 359-360 misbound after p. 336. Half calf binding with marbled paper boards
Also known as
Extended title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear : in ten volumes / publish'd by Mr. Pope and Dr. Sewell
Related names
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Sewell, George, -1726
associated with: Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724
bookseller: Darby, John, -1733
bookseller: Bettesworth, Arthur, -1739
bookseller: Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736
bookseller: Fayram, Francis
bookseller: Mears, W. (William), active 1713-1758
bookseller: Pemberton, John, -1739
bookseller: Osborn, John, -1775
bookseller: Longman, Thomas, 1699-1755
bookseller: Motte, Benjamin, -1738
bookseller: Rivington, Charles, 1688-1742
bookseller: Clay, Francis, -1738
bookseller: Batley, Jeremiah, -1737
associated name: Wellington, Richard
associated name: Wellington, James, active 18th century
associated name: Wellington, Bethel
illustrator: Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758
illustrator: Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716
illustrator: Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
signer: Wegg, H., active 1747
former owner: Wegg, Saml. Esqr., (Samuel)
former owner: Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
former owner: Bramston, Thomas Gardiner
bookseller: James and John Knapton (Firm)