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The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes : with a glossary / carefully printed from the Oxford edition in quarto, 1744.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.; Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746.; Birt, Samuel, -1755, bookseller.; Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, bookseller.; Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller.; Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller.; Draper, Somerset, bookseller.; Wellington, Richard, bookseller.; New, E., active 18th century, bookseller.; Dodd, Benjamin, -1765, bookseller.; Osborn, John, -1775, associated name.; Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, associated name.; John and Paul Knapton (Firm), bookseller.; T. Longman (Firm), bookseller.; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.
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Title
The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes : with a glossary / carefully printed from the Oxford edition in quarto, 1744.
Uniform title
Plays. 1748
Created/published
London : Printed for J. and P. Knapton; S. Birt; T. Longman and T. Shewell; H. Lintott; C. Hitch; J. Brindley; J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; R. Wellington; E. New; and B. Dod, MDCCXLVIII [1748]
Description
9 v. : 2 ill., port. (engravings) ; 13 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746.
Birt, Samuel, -1755, bookseller.
Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, bookseller.
Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller.
Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller.
Draper, Somerset, bookseller.
Wellington, Richard, bookseller.
New, E., active 18th century, bookseller.
Dodd, Benjamin, -1765, bookseller.
Osborn, John, -1775, associated name.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, associated name.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), bookseller.
T. Longman (Firm), bookseller.
J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.
Note
Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer.

Contains of the plays only.

Vol. 1 with a general title page; all volumes with a dated volume title page stating: "the works of Mr. William Shakespear : volume the first [second, etc.] ... "; all plays with an individual play half-title.

Engraved frontispiece portrait, and Shakespeare's monument in Westminster Abbey engraving after Gravelot, unlettered (v. 1).

Vol. 1 with a preface, Pope's preface, Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe, and Ben Jonson's poem. Vol. 9 with a glossary.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labours lost
v. 3. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night
v. 4. Winter's tale ; King Lear ; King John ; King Richard II
v. 5. King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1
v. 6. King Henry VI, parts 2-3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 8. Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline
v. 9. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T138591
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 500
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2752 1748 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Gift of Henry N. Paul. Full calf binding.
Folger accession
11-10-39