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The merry wives of Windsor : a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden / by Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Wenman, Joseph, -1790, bookseller.; Covent Garden Theatre.; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
1778
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Title
The merry wives of Windsor : a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden / by Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Merry wives of Windsor
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Wenman, no. 144, Fleet-Street, and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Description
20 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Wenman, Joseph, -1790, bookseller.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Note
Part of a series issued with numbers of The theatrical magazine, and also separately.

Signatures: A⁴ (-A4) B⁴ C⁴ (-C4).

Engraved frontispiece lettered: Published by J. Wenman, 1 Sepr. 1778.

Printed in double columns.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T39291
Genre/form
Acting editions.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2826 1778 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In gray paper boards; gold-stamped red leather label on spine.
Folger accession
cs1527
Call number
PR2826 1778 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In brown wrappers.
Folger accession
cs1482
Call number
PR2826 1778 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Disbound.
Folger accession
cs925