The plays and poems of William Shakspeare : corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes / by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. ; to which are added a glossary and the life of the author ; embellished with a striking likeness from the collection of His Grace the Duke of Chandos.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Field, Robert, 1769?-1819, printmaker.; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner.; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824, former owner.; Field, Robert, 1769?-1819, engraver.; Martin, William, Esq., former owner.; Coles, Isaac H., active 1803, former owner.; Brown, Chas., active 1818, former owner.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Biddle, W. S., d. not before 1796, former owner.; Duncan, Geo. W., d. not before 1796, former owner.; Duncan, Margaret Elizabeth, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Everest, Sherman, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Franks, Samuel D., d. not before 1796, former owner.; Hemphill, Joseph, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Lamb, John, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Perry, Richard, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Pierce, Augustus F., d. not before 1796, former owner.; Smith, Elizabeth Duncan, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Zell, Rosalie, d. not before 1796, former owner.; Lamb, Antho., Jnr., active 19th century, former owner.; West, Katherine P., active 19th century, former owner.; Bioren & Madan, bookseller.; Bioren & Madan, printer.
1795
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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare : corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes / by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. ; to which are added a glossary and the life of the author ; embellished with a striking likeness from the collection of His Grace the Duke of Chandos.
Uniform title
Works. 1795. Bioren & Madan
Edition
First American edition.
Created/published
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan, MDCCXCV [1795-1796]
Description
8 v. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Field, Robert, 1769?-1819, printmaker.
Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner.
Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824, former owner.
Field, Robert, 1769?-1819, engraver.
Martin, William, Esq., former owner.
Coles, Isaac H., active 1803, former owner.
Brown, Chas., active 1818, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Biddle, W. S., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Duncan, Geo. W., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Duncan, Margaret Elizabeth, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Everest, Sherman, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Franks, Samuel D., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Hemphill, Joseph, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Lamb, John, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Perry, Richard, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Pierce, Augustus F., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Smith, Elizabeth Duncan, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Zell, Rosalie, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Lamb, Antho., Jnr., active 19th century, former owner.
West, Katherine P., active 19th century, former owner.
Bioren & Madan, bookseller.
Bioren & Madan, printer.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Field, Robert, 1769?-1819, printmaker.
Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner.
Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824, former owner.
Field, Robert, 1769?-1819, engraver.
Martin, William, Esq., former owner.
Coles, Isaac H., active 1803, former owner.
Brown, Chas., active 1818, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Biddle, W. S., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Duncan, Geo. W., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Duncan, Margaret Elizabeth, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Everest, Sherman, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Franks, Samuel D., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Hemphill, Joseph, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Lamb, John, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Perry, Richard, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Pierce, Augustus F., d. not before 1796, former owner.
Smith, Elizabeth Duncan, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Zell, Rosalie, d. not before 1796, former owner.
Lamb, Antho., Jnr., active 19th century, former owner.
West, Katherine P., active 19th century, former owner.
Bioren & Madan, bookseller.
Bioren & Madan, printer.
Note
The first edition of Shakespeare's Works produced outside the British Isles (Jaggard).
Volumes 1-3 are dated 1795, volumes 4-8 are dated 1796.
All volumes with a volume title page and volume half-title; each play and the Poems of Shakspeare with a divisional title.
All plays are paginated and signed continuously. The poems are paginated and signed separately from the plays in v. 8.
Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved by R. Field.
Preface by the American editors, the life of the author, and a glossary in v. 1.
Volumes 1-3 are dated 1795, volumes 4-8 are dated 1796.
All volumes with a volume title page and volume half-title; each play and the Poems of Shakspeare with a divisional title.
All plays are paginated and signed continuously. The poems are paginated and signed separately from the plays in v. 8.
Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved by R. Field.
Preface by the American editors, the life of the author, and a glossary in v. 1.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Troilus and Cressida ; Titus Andronicus ; Cymbeline ; King Lear
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello ; Venus and Adonis ; Tarquin and Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Passionate pilgrim ; Lover's complaint.
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Troilus and Cressida ; Titus Andronicus ; Cymbeline ; King Lear
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello ; Venus and Adonis ; Tarquin and Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Passionate pilgrim ; Lover's complaint.
Exhibited
Copy 1 v.1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Americas Shakespeare. title page.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), W28892
Evans, 29496, 31180
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 507
Evans, 29496, 31180
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 507
Linked resources
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library PR2752 1795a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library PR2752 1795a copy 18 Sh.Col.
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library PR2752 1795a copy 18 Sh.Col.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Item Details
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Illegible pencil manuscript note and copperplate illustration pasted into v.1. Bookplate: John Adam's Library; Folger card catalog states "the bookplate was changed by the bookseller, and the set was sold as President John Adams' copy." Bound in sheep with leather spine labels and marbled endpapers; books housed in two boxes marked as "President Adam's copy".
Folger accession
cs1530
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Gift of Henry N. Paul. Ink manuscript poem in v.1 endpapers (some text lost; in Union First Line Index of English Verse): Shakespeare, by Miss Pearson, "Oh! who like these to Fancy's realms shall soar ... " Autograph: William Martin, Esq., 1841. In original boards; leaves untrimmed.
Folger accession
6769
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autographs: Herb May's book (effaced in v.1); W.S. Biddle; Sherman Everest's (v.2). Bound in stained goat with leather spine labels; rebacked.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 4 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.1 and 5 only. Autographs: F.W. Ford by his Father; Stephen Ford, May 14, 1803. Bound in speckled sheep with marbled endpapers.
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 5 v.7 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.7 only; lacking volume title page and final pages 445-452. Autograph on front board: David Tagg[art?], May 11, 1848. Quarter bound in leather over patterned paper-covered boards.
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 6 v.5 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.5 only. Autograph: Isaac H. Coles, Decr. 4th, 1803. Full goat binding.
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 7 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.3-4 only; v.3 title page torn in half; lacking final pages of Macbeth (v.3) and Henry V (v.4). Autograph: Rosalie Zell; many pencil manuscript markings and doodles, "Balt., Md 1876" on front endpaper (v.3). Autograph: Wm. Thomson (v.4). Bound in sprinkled leather.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 8 v.8 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.8 only. The gift of Henry N. Paul. Autograph: Samuel D. Franks. Quarter paper binding, pages untrimmed.
Folger accession
6820
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 9 v.1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.1 only; engraved portrait hand-colored; tops of leaves of volume title and half-title cut off, eradicating ink manuscript Autograph: Augustus F. Pierce. Bound in goat with leather spine label.
Folger accession
cs550
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 10 v.6 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.6 only. Autograph: L. Ford. Bound in speckled leather.
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 11 v.8 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.8 only; lacking half of title page, repaired; lacking final few leaves of Sonnets, torn; lacking back board. Bound in goat.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 12 v.7 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.7 only; lacking volume title and half-title pages. "G.A. Cr[?]" incised on front cover. Autographs: Rebecca K[ent?], June 15, 18[09?]; Chas. Brown, Dividing Creek, April 17th, 1818; Richard Perry's book (back endpaper).
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 13 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.3-4 only. Autograph: W. Robinson, Georgetown. Bound in goat.
Folger accession
cs672
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 14 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.3-4 only. Autographs: John Lamb, No. 96 Broad Way; Antho. Lamb Jnr. Some pencil manuscript notes dated 1818 in preliminary leaves. Bound in goat.
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 15 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.4,5,8 wanting. Autograph: Joseph Hemphill. Bound in mottled sheep.
Folger accession
cs18
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 16 v. 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.1 only; lacking volume title page and illustration. Illegible pencil autograph: Eliza. P[?]. Bound in goat.
Folger accession
cs442
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 17 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Illustration and volume title page torn in v.1. Autographs throughout volumes: Margaret Elizabeth Duncan, Portland, ME; [M.?]E.W. Smith; Geo. W. Duncan; Elizabeth Duncan Smith; M.E.D.Smith, Portland, Sept. 1830 Bound in goat; v.1-2 lacking boards.
Folger accession
cs918
Call number
PR2752 1795a copy 18 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.6 wanting. Gift of the Estate of Katherine P. West. Notes bound into all volumes: Item V from the will of Katherine P. West: "I give and bequeath unto the following - (c) The old books belonging to General Rufus Putnam, being the first editions of Shakespeare in the United States, to the Folger Library in Washington, to be marked as presented 'In memory of General Rufus Putnam, by Katherine P. West, his great, great granddaughter.'" Autograph, v.8: Rufus Putnam's property. Rebound in brown cloth with leather spine labels.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present