The works of Mr. William Shakespear : in nine volumes
William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe, Charles Gildon, Jacob Tonson (Bookseller), Edmund Curll (Bookseller), John Pemberton (Bookseller), K. Sanger (Bookseller), James Knapton (Bookseller), Daniel Midwinter (Bookseller), Arthur Bettesworth (Bookseller), William Taylor (Bookseller), Jonas Browne (Bookseller), John Darby (Printer), Nathaniel Cliff (Bookseller), Daniel Jackson (Bookseller), Louis Du Guernier (Printmaker), Elisha Kirkall (Printmaker), Michael van der Gucht (Printmaker), T. Varnam and J. Osborn (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, MDCCXIV [1714]
Printed for J. Tonson; E. Curll; J. Pemberton; and K. Sanger; and are to be sold by J. Knapton and D. Midwinter in St. Paul's Church-yard; A. Betsworth on London-Bridg; W. Taylor in Pater-noster-Row; T. Varnam and J. Osborn in Lombard-Street; and J. Browne near Temple-Bar, London, MDCCXIV [1714]
9 v. : ill., port. (engravings) ; 16 cm. (12mo)
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v. 1. 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 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI
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
v. 9. Venus and Adonis ; Tarquin and Lucrece ; Poems
This is a reissue in 9 volumes of the 1714 issues in 8 volumes, with cancel title pages
The supplementary essays are by Charles Gildon
"To the last volume is prefix'd: I. an essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England. II. observations upon the most sublime passages in this author. III. a glossary, explaining the antiquated words made use of throughout his works."
Volume 9 title page imprint reads "London : Printed by J. Darby in Bartholomew-Close, for E. Curll, K. Sanger, and J. Pemberton; sold by J. Tonson in the Strand; J. Knapton and D. Midwinter in St. Paul's Church-yard; A. Betsworth on London-Bridg; W. Taylor in Pater-noster-Row; N. Cliff and D. Jackson near the Poultry; T. Varnam and J. Osborn in Lombard-Street; and J. Browne near Temple-Bar, / MDCCXIV [1714]."
General title pages in v. 1 and v. 9. Individual volume title pages bear the imprint "Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, MDCCXIV"; individual play title pages bear imprint "Printed in the year MDCCXIV."
Engraved plates lettered: Lud du Guernier sculp.; many of the unlettered plates engraved by Kirkall. Plates in v. 9 lettered: M.V. d Gucht sc
Vol. 1. Signatures: A¹² a¹² b⁶ B-S¹²; S11,12 blank. Pagination: [20], XL, 403, [5] p., [8] leaves of plates; frontispiece is leaf A1 -- v.2. Signatures: A-S¹² T⁶. Pagination: 442, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates -- v. 3. (collated from the digitized copy in the British Library). Signatures: A-Q¹² R⁶. Pagination: 395, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 4. Signatures: A-S¹². Pagination: 431, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 5. Signatures: A-T¹² U⁶. Pagination: 467, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 6. Signatures: A-R¹²; leaf R12 is blank. Pagination: 406, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 7. Signatures: A-Q¹². Pagination: 384 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 8. Signatures: A-R¹² S⁶. Pagination: 397, [23] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 9. Signatures: pi² a-b¹² c⁴ B¹² C¹² (C10+chi1) D-R¹² S¹² ( -S12). Pagination: [4], lvi, iv, 5-41, [5], 45-406, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates
Includes index (v. 8)
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