Shakespeare, William. The works of Mr. William Shakespear. containing Venus & Adonis, Tarquin & Lucrece and his miscellany poems : with critical remarks on his plays, &c. to which is prefix'd an essay on the art, rise and progress of the stage in Greece, Rome and England

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 497
Folger bibliographic ID: 228629
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740: p. 12, 14
Folger call number: ART Vol. a103
Folger holdings ID: 356999
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Intended by Curll to accompany the large paper issue of Rowe's edition of Shakespeare's plays, published by Tonson in 6 v. in 1709 Dedication signed: S.N. These are the terminal letters of the name of the editor, Charles Gildon Poem title pages state "Printed in the year 1709" Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸ a-d⁸ e⁴ A-C⁸ chi1 D-2F⁸ 2G⁸ (-2G8) Engraving of Venus and Adonis unlettered With a final leaf (2G7) of advertisements for E. Curll and E. Sanger Not in ESTC, 11 August 2011 (cf ordinary paper issue T138298) Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1982

Item information about Folger ART Vol. a103

Imperfect: Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, and Poems on several occasions only -- lacking vol. t.p., preliminaries, table of contents, p. 257-444, and p. 465-472. Miniature portrait of Shakespeare by Dante Gabriel Rossetti set into front cover of brown goatskin binding (cataloged separately). Inscription from Rossetti to William Joyce, dated December 9, 1865. Bookplate: William Joyce. Reclassified from PR2842 1709 copy 3 Ex. ill

Uniform title: Poems. 1710
Extended title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear. containing Venus & Adonis, Tarquin & Lucrece and his miscellany poems : with critical remarks on his plays, &c. to which is prefix'd an essay on the art, rise and progress of the stage in Greece, Rome and England. Volume the seventh

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724
bookseller: Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747
bookseller: Sanger, Egbert
associated name: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated name: Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736
former owner: Prior, R. C. Alexander (Richard Chandler Alexander), 1809-1902
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Beaufort, Henry Somerset, Duke of, 1684-1714
former owner: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
former owner: Joyce, William, d. not before 1865