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Romeo and Juliet / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.; Parsons, Thomas William, 1819-1892, signer.
1734
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Title
Romeo and Juliet / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Romeo and Juliet
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
84 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, printmaker.
Parsons, Thomas William, 1819-1892, signer.
Note
Printed from the 1728 Pope edition, with Pope's shining-passages, degradations, and scene-divisions, but without his notes (Folger card catalog).

Signatures: A-C¹² D⁶.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: P. Fourdrinier sculp.; v. 8 p. 113.

Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 6, 1735.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T54730
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 238
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2831 1734 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Quarter leather binding with paper boards.
Folger accession
cs1415
Call number
For additional copies, check the card catalog.
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 9 v. 6 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 six in v. 6. Mottled calf binding with marbled endpapers. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1734-35b copy 14 item 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound fourth in a volume of four Shakespeare plays published in 1734-35 by Tonson. Autograph: T.W. Parsons, London, August 14th, 1847. Lacking frontispiece. Quarter leather binding. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs195