Shakespeare, William. The works of William Shakespeare : the text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions : with the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage

Folger bibliographic ID: 263666
Folger call number: PR2752 1842-1844b copy 4 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349170
Accession Number: cs849

General notes

Frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved by H. Cook "The issue of this edition commences with vol. 2, on account of vol. 1 containing the biography, history of the stage, &c., "--Publisher's note slip, v.2 Includes glossarial index

Incomplete Contents

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

Item information about Folger PR2752 1842-1844b copy 4 Sh.Col

Armorial bookplate (with motto: Nil temere tenta, nil timide) in v.1: Henry Thomas Buckle. Bookplate removed in all other vols. Paper with manuscript note pasted on front flyleaf of v.1, with further manuscript notes on other preliminary pages. Manuscript markings throughout v.1. Bound by Westleys & Clark, London. Cloth binding with gold stamp; printed waste. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger

Uniform title: Works. 1842. Whittaker & Co
Extended title: The works of William Shakespeare : the text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions : with the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the early English stage / by J. Payne Collier ; in eight volumes

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
printmaker: Cook, Henry R.
annotator: Buckle, Henry Thomas, 1821-1862
former owner: Holden, Adam, active 19th century
former owner: Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916
publisher: Whittaker & Co.
printer: Gilbert & Rivington
binder: Westleys & Clark (London, England )