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Coriolanus : a tragedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, printmaker.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Parsons, Thomas William, 1819-1892, signer.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
1734
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Title
Coriolanus : a tragedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Coriolanus
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXIV [1734]
Description
71, 62-86 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, printmaker.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Parsons, Thomas William, 1819-1892, signer.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Note
Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 5, 1735.

Signatures: A-D¹².

Engraved frontispiece plate lettered: Lud. Du Guernier inv., v. 6, p. 179.
Condition
PR2752 1734-35b copy 14
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T34179
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 34
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 297
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR1241.C6 v.6 Cage
Call number
PR2805 1734 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In plain paper wrappers. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs1419
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 9 v. 7 item 4 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 fourth of five in v. 7. Lacking the illustration. 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 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound 2nd in the 7th volume of Walker's 'dramatick works of William Shakespear', 1734-35. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs857
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 14 item 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound 2nd in a volume of four Shakespeare plays published in 1734-35 by Tonson. Autograph: T.W. Parsons, London, August 14th, 1847. Quarter leather binding. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs195