Shakespeare, William. The works of William Shakespeare : the plays edited from the folio of MDCXXIII, with various readings from all the editions and all the commentators, notes, introductory remarks, a historical sketch of the text, an account of the rise and progress of the English drama, a memoir of the poet, and an essay upon his genius

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography: p. 533
Folger bibliographic ID: 265190
Folger call number: PR2752 1857-1865 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 350806
Accession Number: cs43

General notes

Vol. 1 published last Fifty copies were also printed as a large-paper issue, v. 1 of which was published in 1866 and printed by John Wilson and Sons, with a portrait on India paper "The best American issue produced up to this date. It was financed by T.P. Barton, founder of the Boston Sh-- Library. Contains 117 emendations from Collier's alleged annotations of 1632."--Jaggard With an index in v. 12 Portions of PR2752 1857-1865 copy 1 Sh.Col. also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

v. 1. Memoirs of William Shakespeare. An account of the rise and progress of the English drama to the time of Shakespeare ; Essay on Shakespeare's genius ; Historical sketch of the text of Shakespeare. Poems -- v. 2. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor -- v. 3. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 4. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 5. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale -- v. 6. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV -- v. 7. Henry V ; King Henry VI , part 1-2. Essay on the authorship of King Henry VI -- v. 8. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth -- v. 11. Hamlet ; King Lear ; Othello -- v. 12. Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles

Item information about Folger PR2752 1857-1865 copy 1 Sh.Col

Ordinary-paper copy. Armorial bookplate (with motto: Sans peur et sans reproche): Ensworth. Autograph: Henry B. Ensworth, Rochester, N.Y., Andover Theo. Semin., Aug. 26, 1865. Publisher's cloth binding. Bound in v.1: The Shakespeare almanack for 1872 : a daily quotation from the poet's works. Erratum slip tipped in v.4, manuscript note tipped in v. 11

Uniform title: Works. 1857. Little, Brown & Co
Extended title: The works of William Shakespeare : the plays edited from the folio of MDCXXIII, with various readings from all the editions and all the commentators, notes, introductory remarks, a historical sketch of the text, an account of the rise and progress of the English drama, a memoir of the poet, and an essay upon his genius / by Richard Grant White

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885
printer: Houghton, Henry Oscar, 1823-1895
former owner: Munger, Geo. S. (George S.), active 1861
former owner: Ensworth, Henry B., active 1865
former owner: Chalmers, James W., active 1866
former owner: Wallace, Charles Montriou, 1825-1910
former owner: Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
publisher: Little, Brown and Company
stereotyper: Boston Stereotype Foundry