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 5 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 349171
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present

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 5 Sh.Col

Armorial bookplate (with motto: Ubique patriam reminisci) of Joseph Parker Norris. Tree-calf binding, with gold tooling; marbled endpapers and edges. Autograph letters from J.P. Collier to J.P. Norris pasted in v.1-2, cataloged separately. Included in the set as v.9: Notes and emendations to the text of Shakespeare's plays. London : Whittaker & Co., 1853

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 )