The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. ; with glossarial notes ; in ten volumes
10 volumes : portrait ; 16 cm (12mo)
68901213
v. 1: Some account of the life, etc. of William Shakspeare / written by Mr. Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface to his edition of Shakspeare's plays, printed in 1765. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night
v. 2: Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer night's dream. Love's labour's lost
v. 3: Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew
v. 4: Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John
v. 5: King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V
v. 6: King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3
v. 7: King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida
v. 8: Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra
v. 9: Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear
v. 10: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello
"These notes are original and not taken from any other edition"--Dibdin, Lit. Comp., cited in Jaggard
Includes 1765 preface by S. Johnson
There is another 1803 edition (9 vols. 12mo) without Johnson's preface--Cf. Folger. Printed books, v. 23, p. 362
"The text of this edition ... is ... printed in twenty-one volumes [sic], octavo": Advertisement, v. 1, p. [i]. Advertisement signed "W.H."