Shakespeare, William. The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes : with a glossary

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 500
Folger bibliographic ID: 174460
ESTC number: T138591
Folger call number: PR2752 1748 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 177411
Accession Number: 11-10-39

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer Contains of the plays only Vol. 1 with a general title page; all volumes with a dated volume title page stating: "the works of Mr. William Shakespear : volume the first [second, etc.] ... "; all plays with an individual play half-title Engraved frontispiece portrait, and Shakespeare's monument in Westminster Abbey engraving after Gravelot, unlettered (v. 1) Vol. 1 with a preface, Pope's preface, Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe, and Ben Jonson's poem. Vol. 9 with a glossary Also available as a digital reproduction (v. 4 only)

Contents

v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor -- v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labours lost -- v. 3. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night -- v. 4. Winter's tale ; King Lear ; King John ; King Richard II -- v. 5. King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1 -- v. 6. King Henry VI, parts 2-3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 8. Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline -- v. 9. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Item information about Folger PR2752 1748 Sh.Col

Gift of Henry N. Paul. Full calf binding

Uniform title: Plays. 1748
Extended title: The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes : with a glossary / carefully printed from the Oxford edition in quarto, 1744

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
associated with: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
associated with: Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746
bookseller: Birt, Samuel, -1755
bookseller: Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758
bookseller: Hitch, Charles, -1764
bookseller: Brindley, John, -1758
bookseller: Draper, Somerset
bookseller: Wellington, Richard
bookseller: New, E., active 18th century
bookseller: Dodd, Benjamin, -1765
associated name: Osborn, John, -1775
associated name: Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773
bookseller: John and Paul Knapton (Firm)
bookseller: T. Longman (Firm)
bookseller: J. and R. Tonson