Supplement to the edition of Shakspeare's plays published in 1778 / by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens ; in two volumes ; containing additional observations by several of the former commentators ; to which are subjoined the genuine poems of the same author, and seven plays that have been ascribed to him ; with notes by the editor and others.

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Supplement to the edition of Shakspeare's plays published in 1778 / by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens ; in two volumes ; containing additional observations by several of the former commentators ; to which are subjoined the genuine poems of the same author, and seven plays that have been ascribed to him ; with notes by the editor and others.

Works. Selections. 1780

London : Printed for C. Bathurst; W. Strahan; J., F., and C. Rivington; J. Hinton; L. Davis; R. Horsfield; W. Owen; E. Johnson; S. Crowder; B. White; T. Longman; C. Dilly; T. Cadell; J. and T. Bowles; T. Lowndes; J. Robson; T. Payne; H.L. Gardener; J. Nichols; J. Bew; W. Cater; W. Stuart; F. Newbery; G. Robinson; R. Baldwin; T. Beecroft; J. Ridley; T. Evans; S. Hayes; and E. Johnson, MDCCLXXX [1780]

2 v. : ill., 1 port. (engravings, woodcuts) ; 22 cm (8vo)

The first edition edited by Edmond Malone (Jaggard, p. 504).

Volume 1 with a general title page, a volume divisional title page for the supplement for plays, as well as a divisional title page for poems; v. 2 with a volume title page; both volumes with volume half-title; each poem with a divisional half title.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: R. Greene del.; engraved portrait of Earl of Southampton unlettered; a couple of woodcuts illustrating editorial notes (v. 1).

Volume 1 with Malone's advertisement, errata, directions to the binder, and additional observations, including a reprint of Arthur Brooke's translation of the tragicall hystory of Romeus and Juliet; also with a folded leaf The platt of the secound parte of the seven deadlie sinns (p. 60). Volume 2 with an appendix.

v. 1. Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Passionate pilgrim ; Lover's complaint
v. 2. Pericles ; Locrine ; Sir John Oldcastle ; Lord Cromwell ; London prodigal ; Puritan ; Yorkshire tragedy.

copy 1 v.1-2
copy 2 v.1-2
copy 3 v.1-2
copy 4 v.1-2
copy 5 v.1:pt.1-2, v.2
copy 6 v.1
copy 8 v.2

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T98170
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 504

Tragicall hystory of Romeus and Juliet

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 1 Sh.Col.

Lacking v. half-titles. With some pencil manuscript annotations. Tree calf binding with leather spine labels. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

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PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 2 Sh.Col.

Lacking v.2 half-title. Bookplate: Shakespeare Library, Warwick Castle. Pencil manuscript on back endpapers: Coll. J.W. Half diced leather binding with marbled paper boards. Halliwell-Phillips copy.

No case or acc. number present

PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 3 Sh.Col.

Lacking v. half-titles. Bookplate and autograph of Joseph Knight. Diced calf binding with leather spine labels and marbled endpapers and edges. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

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PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 4 Sh.Col.

Some manuscript annotations. Lacking portrait (v.1). With bookseller's description pasted onto front endpaper. Autographs: Edward Dowden, Dec. 1867; Edd. May (v.t.p.). Stamp: Edward Dowden Library. Full calf binding with marbled endpapers. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

cs588

PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 5 Sh.Col.

Volume 1 bound in 2 parts. Manuscript annotations. Extra-illustrated with Shakespeare ports. and other ill., as well as newspaper clippings inserted. With bookseller's description pasted in: "Supplement ... with the Appendix and Second Appendix ... enriched with autograph letters and manuscript notes, by Steevens, Malone, Haslewood, and other commentators of the day." Vol. 1 with Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone to unidentified recipient, 1810 October 20?; autograph letter unsigned from Edmond Malone to Joseph Haslewood, 1810 October 11; both cataloged separately. George Steevens copy. Half blue goat binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers, and edges gilt; spines labelled Shaksperiana, Malone's Supplement, Appendix, 2nd Appendix. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

cs177

PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 6 v.1 Sh.Col.

Imperfect: v.1 only. Bound in calf.

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PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 7 v.1 Sh.Col.

Imperfect: v.1 only. Bound in tree calf with marbled endpapers, red and black leather spine labels, spine tooled in gold. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

cs1313

PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 8 Sh.Col.

Armorial bookplate of Owen Brereton; from the library of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Autograph: Geo. Whitmore. Bound in speckled leather with leather spine labels and spine tooled in gold.

No case or acc. number present

PR2752 1778 Suppl. 1 copy 9 Sh.Col.

Letter from G. Steevens to E. Malone removed and put in manuscript coll.; receipt signed by B. West removed and filed in manuscript collection y.d. 601, 10/11/78. Extra-illustrated with Earl of Southampton portrait (v.1); and play ill. (v.2). Edmond Malone copy. Bound in diced calf with marbled endpapers; rebacked. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.

cs390