The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the Life of Shakspeare : in eight volumes
Print Book, English, 1811
Printed for J. Nichols and Son; F., C. and J. Rivington; J. Stockdale; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie and J. Robinson; T. Egerton; J. Walker; J. Nunn; W. Clarke and Son; J. Barker and Son; J. Cuthell; R. Lea; Lackington and Co.; J. Deighton; J. White and Co.; C. Law; B. Crosby and Co.; W. Earle; J. Gray and Son; G. Robinson; Longman and Co.; Cadell and Davies; J. Harding; R.H. Evans; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Mawman; Black and Co.; J. Richardson; J. Booth; Newman and Co.; R. Pheney; R. Scholey; J. Asperne; J. Faulder; R. Baldwin; Cradock and Joy; J. Mackinlay; J. Johnson and Co.; Gale and Curtis ; Wilson and Son, London, York, 1811
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8 v. : ill. ; 15 cm (12mo)
13875212
v. 1. Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
Not to be confused with either of the J. Nichols and Son, [etc.] 1811 Plays of William Shakspeare, in nine or in ten volumes
Printer information from colophon
Each vol. with half-title, vol. title page, and an added engraved vol. title page; each play with a divisional title. Added engraved title pages bear the imprint: "London: Printed for F., C., & J. Rivington, and partners."
Each vol. with a frontispiece engraving bearing the same Rivington imprint, lettered: T. Uwins delt., S. Noble sc
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