Shakespeare, William. The works of Shakespeare : in seven volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory, and critical

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 499
Folger bibliographic ID: 245987
ESTC number: T138606
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740: p. 26-28
Folger call number: PR2752 1733 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 312796
Accession Number: cs497

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

This is the small paper issue with approximate height of 21 cm and gutter margin of approximately .7 cm. There is also a large paper issue printed in 75 copies, with approximate height of 27 cm and gutter margin of approximately 1.5 cm Contains the plays only Vol. 1 with a general title page, a volume title page, and play title pages. Volumes 2-7 with a volume half-title, a volume title page, and play title pages Some volume half-titles of v. 4 and 5 erroneously numbered V and IV, respectively (ESTC) Engraved frontispiece portrait (vol. 1) lettered: B. Arlaud del., G. Duchange scul With a list of subscribers in v. 1 and "A table of the several editions of Shakespeare's plays, collected by the editor" in v. 7 Vol. 5 volume title page lists Macbeth as the third play; it is actually the final play of the volume Also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1733 copy 1 Sh.Col

Armorial bookplate (motto: Patria veritas fides) of Edward Everett. In green cloth binding. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger

Uniform title: Plays. 1733
Extended title: The works of Shakespeare : in seven volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory, and critical / by Mr. Theobald

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744
bookseller: Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735
bookseller: Clay, Francis, -1738
bookseller: Feales, William
bookseller: Wellington, Richard, active 1735-1740
printmaker: Arlaud, Benoît, -1719
illustrator: Duchange, Gaspard, 1662-1757
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
former owner: Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751
former owner: Perkins, Henry, 1776?-1855
associated name: Dodd, William, 1729-1777
former owner: Lushington, Henry, 1709?-1779
associated name: Northampton, George Compton, Earl of, 1692-1758
former owner: Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860
signer: Bunbury, William, 1665 or 1666-1748
former owner: Cox, Edwin Marion
former owner: Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746
former owner: Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847
former owner: Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
signer: Symmons, John, d. not before 1733
annotator: Morgann, Maurice, 1726-1802
signer: Paton, Allan Park, 1817 or 1818-1905
former owner: Cockburn, George, Sir, 1763-1847
signer: Hayward, Thomas, -1779?
bookseller: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch (Firm)
associated name: Kerr & Richardson