Mr. William Shakespeare : his comedies, histories, and tragedies : set out by himself in quarto, or by the players, his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo, with an introduction : whereunto will be added, some other volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire.

Mr. William Shakespeare : his comedies, histories, and tragedies : set out by himself in quarto, or by the players, his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo, with an introduction : whereunto will be added, some other volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire.

Plays. 1768. J. and R. Tonson

London : Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, 1768.

10 v. : 1 port. ; 19 cm (8vo)

Editor's dedication signed and dated: "Edward Capell. Nov. 9, 1767."

Colophon, v. 10: "From the press of Dryden Leach, in Crane Court; Febr. 23, 1768."

Volume 1 with a general title page; each volume with volume title pages; each play with separate divisional half-titles and pagination.

Engraved portrait in vol. 1 lettered: J. Miller sc.

Vol. 1 with Poems upon the author and a table. Vol. 10 with corrigenda and bookseller's advertisements.

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost
v. 3. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew
v. 4. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth
v. 5. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2
v. 6. Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3
v. 7. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus
v. 8. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus
v. 9. Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline ; King Lear
v. 10. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T138599
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 502

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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Bound in calf with gilt-tooled spine and leather spine labels reading "Capell's Shakespeare"; spine labels for volumes 7 and 8 reversed.

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Ink manuscript contents by vol. in preliminaries of vol. 1; a few manuscript annotations. "This copy of Capell's Shakespeare belonged to the [past?] Thos. Gray who died in 1771 five years after it was published." Bookseller's shipping label to Folger removed to Curatorial file. Bound in calf. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

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Vol. 1 bound first with New books, printed according to Act of Parliament, continue to be sold as usual by John Donaldson, [London, 1775?]. Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Armorial bookplate of Capn. C.H. Everitt, Royal Navy. Bound in calf with leather spine labels reading "Capell's Shakespeare."

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In red ink manuscript on final page of Othello: "Corrected throughout by E.C., Mar. 30th 1772, Witness" and corrigenda marked out (v.10). Bookplate (motto: La premiere chose qu'on doit faire ... de pouvoir le rendre plûtôt) of David Garrick (v.1). Autograph: Thos. Jolley, 1823. In manuscript: "This copy sold at the Garrick sale." Slip with ink manuscript: "Me[rvin?] sale", stamped "Mar 12 1915" removed to Curatorial file. Bound in speckled calf with gilt-tooling, leather spine labels reading "Capell's Shakespeare," and marbled endpapers; v.3 lacking boards. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

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