The works of Shakespeare : in seven volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory, and critical
William Shakespeare, Theobald, Jacob Tonson (Bookseller), Francis Clay (Bookseller), William Feales (Bookseller), Richard Wellington (Bookseller), Benoît Arlaud (Printmaker), Gaspard Duchange (Illustrator), A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch (Firm) (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, MDCCXXXIII [1733]
Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Tonson, F. Clay, W. Feales, and R. Wellington, London, MDCCXXXIII [1733]
Criticism, interpretation, etc
7 v. : port. (engraving) ; 27 cm. (8vo)
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v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing
v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night
v. 3. Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1-2
v. 4. Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1-3 ; King Richard III
v. 5. King Henry VIII ; King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth
v. 6. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline
v. 7. Troilus and Cressida ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
This is the large paper issue printed in 75 copies, with gutter margin of approximately 1.5 cm. There is also a small paper issue with approximate height of 21 cm and gutter margin of approximately .7 cm
Contains the plays only
Vol. 1 with a general title page, a volume title page, and play title pages. Volumes 2-7 with a volume half-title, a volume title page, and play title pages
Some volume half-titles of v. 4 and 5 erroneously numbered V and IV, respectively (ESTC)
Engraved frontispiece portrait (vol. 1)--lettered: B. Arlaud del., G. Duchange scul
With a list of subscribers in v. 1 and "A table of the several editions of Shakespeare's plays, collected by the editor" in v. 7
Vol. 5 volume title page lists Macbeth as the third play; it is actually the final play of the volume