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Othello, the Moor of Venice : a tragedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, printmaker.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.; Chapton, Thos., d. not before 1734, former owner.; Stevens, Sarah, d. not before 1734, former owner.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
1734
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Title
Othello, the Moor of Venice : a tragedy / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Othello
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
96 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, printmaker.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.
Chapton, Thos., d. not before 1734, former owner.
Stevens, Sarah, d. not before 1734, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Note
A reprint of the 1714 Rowe edition, corrected at many points by the 1733 Theobald edition.

Title page vignette is a portrait of Shakespeare.

Signatures: A-D¹².

Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 7, 1735.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: v.8 p. 323, Lud. Du Guernier inv. et sculp., 21.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54711
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 220
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
172- 104.2q
Folger-specific note
Variant. Frontis. port. mounted. With: Ramsay, A. The gentle shepherd; ... Dublin, 1727 and Wycherley, W. Plays written by ... London, 1735. Provenance: purchased by Folger from H.W. Edwards, Cat. 88:186, 13 April 1959
Call number
PR2829 1734a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In paper covered boards with leather spine label.
Folger accession
cs1415
Call number
PR2829 1734a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Vol. 2 t.p. of Walker's 1734 Works of Shakespeare precedes t.p. Autographs: Thos. Chapton (on A1v); Sarah Stevens (on D12v). In red leather binding.
Folger accession
cs1288
Call number
PR2829 1734a copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In plain paper wrapper.
Folger accession
cs6
Call number
PR2829 1734a copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking illustration. Half leather binding over cloth covered boards.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2829 1734a copy 5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking illustration. Disbound.
Folger accession
cs780
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 9 v. 4 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. 4. Mottled calf binding with marbled endpapers. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2807 1734d copy 5 item 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Stamp: Edward Dowden Library. Bound fourth in a volume of six Shakespeare plays printed for J. Tonson. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards; boards are loose from binding. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs611