The works of Shakespear : in eight volumes : the genuine text (collated with all the former editions, and then corrected and emended) is here settled, being restored from the blunders of the first editors, and the interpolations of the two last : with a comment and notes, critical and explanatory / by Mr. Pope and Mr. Warburton.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.; Warburton, William, 1698-1779.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.; Owen, Robert, -1747, bookseller.; Leathley, Joseph, -1757, bookseller.; Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, bookseller.; Crampton, P. (Philip), approximately 1700-1792, bookseller.; Bradley, Abraham, active 1729-1783, bookseller.; Moore, Thomas, -1751, bookseller.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Holroyd, Daniel, active 18th century, former owner.; Hughes, Mary Emilia, active 1816, former owner.; George and Alexander Ewing, bookseller.; W. and J. Smith (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.; E. and J. Exshaw (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1747
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Title
The works of Shakespear : in eight volumes : the genuine text (collated with all the former editions, and then corrected and emended) is here settled, being restored from the blunders of the first editors, and the interpolations of the two last : with a comment and notes, critical and explanatory / by Mr. Pope and Mr. Warburton.
Uniform title
Plays. 1747
Created/published
Dublin : Printed for R. Owen; J. Leathley; G. and A. Ewing; W. and J. Smith; G. Faulkner; P. Crampton; A. Bradley; T. Moore; E. and J. Exshaw, MDCCXLVII [1747]
Description
8 v. ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Warburton, William, 1698-1779.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Owen, Robert, -1747, bookseller.
Leathley, Joseph, -1757, bookseller.
Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, bookseller.
Crampton, P. (Philip), approximately 1700-1792, bookseller.
Bradley, Abraham, active 1729-1783, bookseller.
Moore, Thomas, -1751, bookseller.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Holroyd, Daniel, active 18th century, former owner.
Hughes, Mary Emilia, active 1816, former owner.
George and Alexander Ewing, bookseller.
W. and J. Smith (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.
E. and J. Exshaw (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Warburton, William, 1698-1779.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Owen, Robert, -1747, bookseller.
Leathley, Joseph, -1757, bookseller.
Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, bookseller.
Crampton, P. (Philip), approximately 1700-1792, bookseller.
Bradley, Abraham, active 1729-1783, bookseller.
Moore, Thomas, -1751, bookseller.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Holroyd, Daniel, active 18th century, former owner.
Hughes, Mary Emilia, active 1816, former owner.
George and Alexander Ewing, bookseller.
W. and J. Smith (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.
E. and J. Exshaw (Dublin, Ireland), bookseller.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Contains the plays only.
Vol. 1 with a general title page; all volumes with a dated volume title page; all plays with an individual play half-title.
Vol. 1 with a dedication, a preface, Pope's preface, Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe, Ben Jonson's poem, and a table. Vol. 8 with an index and a glossary.
Vol. 1 with a general title page; all volumes with a dated volume title page; all plays with an individual play half-title.
Vol. 1 with a dedication, a preface, Pope's preface, Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe, Ben Jonson's poem, and a table. Vol. 8 with an index and a glossary.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John
v. 4. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. part 1
v. 5. King Henry VI, parts 2-3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John
v. 4. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. part 1
v. 5. King Henry VI, parts 2-3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T52791
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 500
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 500
Place of creation/publication
Ireland -- Dublin.
Item Details
Call number
PR2752 1747b copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Prize bookplate of Trinity College, Dublin lettered with names and dates in manuscript: Ingenuo magnaeque spei adolescenti Danieli Holroyd propter insignes in artibus progressus. In classe secunda ... Examinatione habita initio termini sta Trinitatis An. Dom. 1755, quod testor H. Mercier Pral. Primarus. Autograph: M. Balfour. Full calf prize bindings with gilt armorial devices on front and back covers (motto: Dublin Coll Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Reg Elizab Juxta). Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs789
Call number
PR2752 1747b copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Autograph: C. Tisdall. Full calf binding.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2802 1759 copy 2 item 6 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autographs: Mr. John [K?]elly; Mary Emilia Hughes, 1816. Manuscript title page: Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Esq...Printed by Wm. Bruce, 1773. Bound in undecorated calf, sixth in a volume of six 18th-century Shakespeare plays with Dublin imprints. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs1072