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Location
Great Britain
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 174462
ESTC number: T138594
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740: p. 23-26
Folger call number: PR2752 1728a copy 3 v. 8 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 489482
Accession Number: 268637
Notes
Edition
The second edition
Bibliographic format
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) Contains the plays only The imprints of volume title pages for v. 4 and 5 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, MDCCXXVIII"; variant copies of v. 4 volume title page with the imprint reading "Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, MDCCXXVIII" (ESTC) 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 Engraved plates variously lettered: Lud. du Guernier or P. Fourdrinier Includes the Life of Shakespeare by Nicholas Rowe in v. 1; v. 8 has an index and 'various readings.' This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance (PR2752 1728a copy 3 v. 8 Sh.Col)
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
Item information about Folger PR2752 1728a copy 3 v. 8 Sh.Col
Imperfect: contains volume 8 only. Manuscript: Jane Feild. Contemporary manuscript annotations throughout (except for Cymbeline). In contemporary Cambridge-style inboard binding with red leather spine label. Acquired from John O'Mara, 2014-03-05 Partially funded by John Chwat and the American Friends of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Also known as
Extended title: The works of Shakespear : in eight volumes / collated and corrected from the former editions, by Mr. Pope
Related names
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
bookseller: Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736
bookseller: Darby, John, -1733
bookseller: Bettesworth, Arthur, -1739
bookseller: Clay, Francis, -1738
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
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Hoare, Richard, d. not before 1728
binder: Lunow, Robert, 1893-1971
signer: Lawrence, Northmore, active 19th century
signer: Pierce, Charlotte, d. not before 1728
signer: Pierce, Adam, active 1766
signer: Pierce, Adam, active 18th century
former owner: Feild, Jane, active 18th century