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Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Shakespeare; Nicholas Rowe; Louis Du Guernier; Hepburn-Belshes Family |
OCLC Number: | 45165419 |
Notes: | Third ed., 1st issue.--Cf. Ford, p. 15: "very scarce." General t.p. in v. 1 only; v. 2-6 have t.p.: "The works of Mr. William Shakespear ; volume the second [etc.]" Each play also has special t.p. with: "Printed in the year 1714." Plays were also sold separately--Cf. Jaggard. Numerous pagination errors. Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare by Lud. du Guernier prefixed to v. 1. Plate by du Guernier or Kirkall prefixes each play's t.p. Head- and tail-pieces; initials. Includes "An index of the most beautiful thoughts, descriptions, speeches, &c. in Shakespear's works": v. 8, p. [399]-[419]. |
Description: | 8 volumes, 41 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo) |
Contents: | v. 1: Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear / N. Rowe -- Tempest -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Merry wives of Windsor -- Measure for measure -- Comedy of errors -- Much ado about nothing ; v. 2: Love's labour's lost -- Midsummer night's dream -- Merchant of Venice -- As you like it -- Taming of the shrew -- All's well that ends well ; v. 3: Twelfth night -- Winter's tale -- King John -- King Richard II -- King Henry IV, part 1 ; v. 4: King Henry IV, part 2 -- King Henry V -- King Henry VI, part 1 -- King Henry VI, part 2 -- King Henry VI, part 3 ; v. 5: King Richard III -- King Henry VIII -- Troilus and Cressida -- Coriolanus -- Titus Andronicus ; v. 6: Romeo and Juliet -- Timon of Athens -- Julius Caesar -- Macbeth -- Hamlet ; v. 7: King Lear -- Othello -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline ; v. 8: Pericles -- London prodigal -- Thomas Lord Cromwell -- Sir John Oldcastle -- Puritan -- Yorkshire tragedy -- Locrine. |
Other Titles: | Plays |
Responsibility: | revis'd and corrected, with an Account of the life and writings of the author, by N. Rowe ... |
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