Shakespeare, William. The works of Shakespear : in eight volumes

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 498
Folger bibliographic ID: 225332
ESTC number: T63759
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740: p. 21-23
Folger call number: PR2752 1726 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 255807
Accession Number: cs1270

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

The first edition (unauthorized) of Shakespeare's works published in Ireland Volume 8 revised by George Sewell Title pages in red and black. Vol. 1 with a general title page in addition to the volume title page Divisional titles for the Tempest and Midsummer night's dream (v. 1) bear the imprint: "Dublin ... for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street, and for George Ewing at the Angel and Bible in Dames-Street, MDCCXXV [1725]"; there is no imprint on the other divisional titles Vol. 1. Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ c⁸ d⁴ e² C-F⁸ G1 H-2E⁸ 2F⁴. Pagination: [24], xxiii, [5], 408, [2] p. -- v. 2. Signatures: pi1 A-2F⁸ 2G⁴. Pagination: [2], 470, [2] p. -- v. 3. Signatures: A⁸ b1 B-2D⁸ 2E⁴. Pagination: [4], 438 p. -- v. 4. Signatures: pi1 A-G⁸ H⁴ I-2E⁸ 2F². Pagination: [2], 452 p. -- v. 5. Signatures: pi1 A-2F⁸. Pagination: [2], 464 p. -- v. 6. Signatures: pi1 A-2D⁸ 2E⁴. Pagination: [2], 440 p. -- v. 7. Signatures: pi1 A-2C⁸ 2D⁴; ²[a-b]⁴ c⁴ D-G⁴; ²a1 signed with 3-star pyramid; ²b1 signed with 2 diagonal stars. Pagination: [2], 424, [56] p. -- v. 8. Signatures: pi1 A-2G⁸. Pagination: [2], xi, [1], 462, [6] p Includes the Life of Shakespeare by Nicholas Rowe in v. 1; v. 7 has an index; and v. 8 has an essay, a glossary, and remarks With bookseller's advertisements in volumes 1, 7, and 8

Contents

v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors -- v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well -- v. 3. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; King Lear ; King John ; King Richard II -- v. 4. King Henry IV. Part 1-2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1-2 -- v. 5. King Henry IV. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus -- v. 6. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 7. Cymbeline ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello -- v. 8. Venus and Adonis ; Tarquin and Lucrece ; Poems

Item information about Folger PR2752 1726 copy 1 Sh.Col

Vol. 1: lacking leaf 2F4. Autographs: Louisa Grace; W.S. Hamilton. Vol. 2 autograph: Mr. Gilly [and Hill?]. Vol. 3 autograph: Dorothy [Honor?]. Vol. 7 manuscript date '1738' on Cymb. half-title. Vol. 1-2; 4-8 bound in speckled calf with gold filleting; v. 3 bound in dark brown sheep[?], with blind scallop tool on boards. Title page red and black badly registered. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger

Uniform title: Works. 1726
Extended title: The works of Shakespear : in eight volumes / collated and corrected by the former editions, by Mr. Pope

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Sewell, George, -1726
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
printer: Grierson, George, -1753
bookseller: Grierson, George, -1753
bookseller: Ewing, George, -1764
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
signer: Grace, Louisa, d. not before 1726
signer: Hamilton, W. S., d. not before 1726
former owner: Lovett, Robert, Esqr.
correspondent: Davenport, James, active 1822
signer: Davenport, Harriet, active 1822