Shakespeare, William. The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes : with notes selected from the best authors, explanatory and critical

Gaskell, P. Baskerville bibliography: Appendix, Add. 4
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 502
Folger bibliographic ID: 174465
ESTC number: T138598
Folger call number: PR2752 1768c copy 2 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349038
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

Produced at Garrick's suggestion for sale at the great Stratford jubilee of 1769; and the first Warwickshire edition (Jaggard, p. 502) In fact the dramatic works only, printed in Baskerville type General title page undated; publication date from volume title pages Vol. 1 with a general title page. All volumes with dated volume title pages reading "The works of Shakespear : from Mr. Pope's edition"; v.1 vol. title page with "Wolverhamton" misspelled in imprint. All plays with divisional half-titles Each volume has the portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare "specially engraved for this edition" (Jaggard, p. 502)

Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1768c copy 2 Sh.Col

Imperfect: lacking plates; v.6 lacking vol. t.p. Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Half vellum binding with marbled paper boards and red leather spine labels; spine titles inked-in where labels are lacking

Uniform title: Plays. 1768. Martin
Extended title: The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes : with notes selected from the best authors, explanatory and critical

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
printer: Martin, Robert, printer in Birmingham
bookseller: Martin, Robert, printer in Birmingham
bookseller: Donaldson, Alexander, -1794
bookseller: Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778
bookseller: Bond, Richard (Bookseller)
bookseller: Morgan, M. (Major)
bookseller: Smith, Thomas, active 18th century
signer: Mousley, Wm., active 1816
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library