The works of Shakespeare: in eight volumes : Collated with the oldest copies, and corrected; with notes, explanatory, and critical: by Mr. Theobald. Printed verbatim from the octavo edition
Print Book, English, 1773
8 volumes : illustrations, portrait ; 17 cm (12°).
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V.1: The tempest. The midsummer-night's dream. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure
v.2: Much ado about nothing. The merchant of Venice. Love's labour's lost. As you like it. Taming the shrew
v.3: All's well, that ends well. Twelfth-night: Or, what you will. The comedy of errors. The winter's-night's tale. The life and death of King John
v.4: King Richard II. King Henry IV. Part I. King Henry IV. Part II. King Henry V. King Henry VI. Part I
v.5: King Henry VI. Part II. King Henry VI. Part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII
v.6: Timon. Macbeth. Coriolanus. King Lear. Titus Andronicus
v.7: Julius Caesar. Anthony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Troilus and Cressida
v.8: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello
Pagination: v.1: xii, [56], 395, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates -- v.2: 431, [1] p., [5?] leaves of plates -- v.3: 430 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v.4: 478 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v.5: 399, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v.6: --- v.7: 458 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v.8: 370, [78] p., [3] leaves of plates
Frontispiece port. plate of Shakespeare signed: "G. Vander Gucht sc."
The imprints of v.2-v.4 include another bookseller: "T. Evans"
"A table of the several editions of Shakespeare's plays, collated by the editor": v. 8, p. [371]-[380]
Head- and tail- pieces
Includes index
In fact the dramatic works only