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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with the corrections and illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and others / revised by Isaac Reed ... in six volumes.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.; Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797.; Dearborn, George, 1801-1843, publisher.; Harvey, George, approximately 1800-1878, illustrator.; Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892, printmaker.; Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855, printmaker.; Retzsch, Moritz, 1779-1857, illustrator.; Branche, Pierre Antoine, 1805- illustrator.; Peters, Matthew William, 1741 or 1742-1814, illustrator.; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, illustrator.; Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illustrator.; Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, illustrator.; Harlow, George Henry, 1787-1819, illustrator.; Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814, illustrator.; Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, illustrator.; Bryce, William, active 1837, signer.
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Title
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with the corrections and illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and others / revised by Isaac Reed ... in six volumes.
Uniform title
Plays. 1835. Dearborn
Created/published
New-York : George Dearborn, publisher : Sold by Collins & Hannay; Hilliard, Gray & Co., Boston; Desilver, Jr. & Thomas, Philadelphia; and Cushing and Sons, Baltimore, 1835.
Description
6 v. : ill., port. ; 20 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800.
Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797.
Dearborn, George, 1801-1843, publisher.
Harvey, George, approximately 1800-1878, illustrator.
Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892, printmaker.
Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855, printmaker.
Retzsch, Moritz, 1779-1857, illustrator.
Branche, Pierre Antoine, 1805- illustrator.
Peters, Matthew William, 1741 or 1742-1814, illustrator.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, illustrator.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illustrator.
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, illustrator.
Harlow, George Henry, 1787-1819, illustrator.
Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814, illustrator.
Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, illustrator.
Bryce, William, active 1837, signer.
Note
Engraved portrait of Shakespeare signed: Design'd by Harvey; Eng'd by Prud'homme.

Added, engraved title page lettered: Morritz Retzsch, inv. delt.; A. Dick, sculpt.

Vol. 1 includes: Some account of the life of Shakespeare's life and writings / written by N. Rowe; Dr. Johnson's preface; Essay on the learning of Shakespeare / Farmer.

Includes 16 plates of engravings by A. Dick after illustrations of scenes from Shakespeare by Branche, Revd. W. Peters, Westall, Northcote, Mortimer, M. Retzsch, Harlow, Tresham, and Hopner.

Not in Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography.
Contents
v. 1. Some account of the life of Shakespeare's life and writings / written by N. Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Essay on the learning of Shakespeare / Farmer. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Merchant of Venice
v. 2. As you like it; Midsummer night's dream ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night
v. 3. Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, Part 1 ; King Henry IV, Part 2
v. 4. Henry V ; King Henry VI, Part 1 ; King Henry VI, Part 2 ; King Henry VI, Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 5. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 6. Cymbeline ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello ; Pericles.
Condition
v.1,4-6
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- Maryland -- Baltimore.

Call number
PR2752 1835d Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: William Bryce, New York, Oct. 24, 1837. Cloth binding. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
5992