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All's well that ends well : a comedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
1734
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Title
All's well that ends well : a comedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
All's well that ends well
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, DCCXXXIV [i.e. 1734]
Description
82, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 2, 1735.

Signatures: A-C¹² D⁶.

Frontispiece plate signed: P. Fourdrinier scul., v. 3 p. 87.

Tonson's advertisement in regard to general titles and warning against Walker's editions on leaf D6v (see Ford 1).
Condition
copy 1
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T21273
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 1
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 281
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2801 1734 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In quarter leather (sheep or goat) binding with paper boards.
Folger accession
cs1288
Call number
PR2801 1734 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the frontispiece. Buckram case binding.
Folger accession
cs329
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 9 v. 5 item 5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Copy 9 consists of 8 vols. of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1734-35 by Tonson, bound in a different order than the collected works, and lacking vol. title pages; this play is the fifth of six in v. 5. Mottled calf binding with marbled endpapers. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1734-35a copy 2 v. 7 item 7 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound 7th in the 7th volume of Walker's 'dramatick works of William Shakespear', 1734-35. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs857