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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.; Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.; Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797.; Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.; 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.; Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illustrator.; Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, illustrator.; Harlow, George Henry, 1787-1819, illustrator.; Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814, illustrator.; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, illustrator.; Dodd, Amzi, 1823-1913, signer.; Fillewark, Louis, d. not before 1838, signer.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Harper & Brothers, publisher.
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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. 1843. Harper & Brothers
Created/published
New-York : Harper & Brothers, 1843.
Description
6 v. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797.
Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.
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.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illustrator.
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, illustrator.
Harlow, George Henry, 1787-1819, illustrator.
Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814, illustrator.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, illustrator.
Dodd, Amzi, 1823-1913, signer.
Fillewark, Louis, d. not before 1838, signer.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Harper & Brothers, publisher.
Note
At head of title : Harper's fine edition; numerous steel engravings.

Engraved frontispieces, added title-pages, and plates engraved by A. Dick, after illustrations by W. Harvey, M. Retzsch, Branche, the Revd. W. Peters, Northcote, Mortimer, Westall, Harlow, Tresham, and Hopner.

With Nicholas Rowe's Some account of Shakespeare's life and writings, Dr. Johnson's preface, and An essay on the learning of Shakespeare by Farmer.
Contents
v. 1. 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, or, What you will
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 & Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 6. Cymbeline ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello ; Pericles.
Condition
1839-1846:v.3,6
1843-1850:v.3
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 524
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2752 1839-1846 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Vol. 4 from Harper and Bros.' 1839 edition, and v.5 from their 1846 edition. Some manuscript markings. Autographs, v.1: Amzi Dodd, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1845; Louis Fillewark, Newark. Publisher's cloth binding.
Folger accession
9.22.47
Call number
PR2752 1843-1850 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Vols. 3-4,6 from Harper and Bros.' 1850 edition, and v.5 from their 1846 edition. Pencil sketch in v.2, probably by a child, of a bird(?) in a tall hat holding an American flag. Autograph, v.4: B.P. [Smith?]. Some manuscript markings, especially in v.4,6. Publisher's cloth binding, with blind tooling. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
6007