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| Genre/Form: | Cancellation (Publishing) Annotations (Provenance) Armorial bookplates (Provenance) |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays of William Shakespeare in eight volumes. London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson, etc., 1765 (OCoLC)656924093 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Shakespeare; Samuel Johnson; George Vertue; Charles Corbet, Sir; H Woodfall; J Rivington; Richard Baldwin; W Johnston; Thomas Caslon; Thomas Lowndes; J. and R. Tonson,; Hawes, Clarke and Collins,; Executors of B. Dodd (London, England), |
| OCLC Number: | 4861355 |
| Notes: | The first of two 1765 editions; in this edition Corbet is listed as the second bookseller, Johnson's preface is unpaginated, and other prefatory matter is paginated [i]-ciii. Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare engraved by G. Vertue. Vol. 1: [4], ciii, [75], 488 p., [1] leaf of plates (pi² a-f⁸ g⁴ (A)-(D)⁸ (E)⁴ ((E)4+1) B-X⁸ (±X4,6) Y-2H⁸ 2I⁴); v. 2: [2], 557, [1] p. (pi1 [=2N8?] B-2M⁸ 2N⁸ ( -2N8)); v. 3: [2], 504 p. (pi1 B-2C⁸ (±2C2) 2D-2I⁸ 2K⁴); v. 4: [2], 589, [1] p. (pi1 [=2P8?] B-F⁸ (±F3) G-2A⁸ (±2A7) 2B⁸ (±2B4) 2C-2O⁸ 2P⁸ ( -2P8)); v. 5: [2], 493, [1] p. (pi1 [=2I8?] B-2H⁸ (±2H8) 2I⁸ ( -2I8)); v. 6: [2], 627, [1] p. (pi1 B-R⁸ (±R4) S⁸ (±S1,8) T-2R⁸ 2S²); v. 7: [2], 547, [1] p. (pi1 B-2M⁸ 2N²); v. 8: [2], 473, [55] p. (pi1 B-I⁸ K⁸ (±K7) L-M⁸ (±M1) N⁸ (±N7) O-P⁸ Q⁸ (±Q6) R-X⁸ Y⁸ (±Y5) Z-2L⁸). Some errors in pagination: v. 1: 394 as 594, 252 unnumbered; v. 2: 137, 269, 445, 476 as 13, 266, 454, 476, and 347 unnumbered, the 5 in 475 is turned; v. 6: 446 as 46; v. 7: 501 is unnumbered. |
| Description: | 8 v. : port. ; 21 cm (8vo) |
| Contents: | v. 1: Preface -- Mr. Pope's preface -- Mr. Theobald's preface -- Sir T. Hanmer's preface -- Dr. Warburton's preface -- Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear / written by Mr. Rowe -- Tempest -- Midsummer night's dream -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Measure for measure -- Merchant of Venice; v. 2: As you like it -- Love's labour's lost -- Winter's tale -- Twelfth night -- Merry wives of Windsor; v. 3: Taming of the shrew -- Comedy of errors -- Much ado about nothing -- All's well, that ends well -- King John; v. 4: King Richard II -- King Henry IV, part 1 -- King Henry IV, part 2 -- King Henry V -- King Henry VI, part 1; v. 5: King Henry VI, part 2 -- King Henry VI, part 3 -- King Richard III -- King Henry VIII; v. 6: King Lear -- Timon of Athens -- Titus Andronicus -- Macbeth -- Coriolanus; v. 7 : Julius Caesar -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- Troilus and Cressida; v. 8: Romeo and Juliet -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Appendix (by volume). |
| Other Titles: | Plays Johnson's Shakespeare |
| Responsibility: | with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added notes by Sam Johnson. |
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