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The works of Shakespeare : the text regulated by the recently discovered portfolio of 1632, containing early manuscript emendations : with a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introduction to each play / by J. Payne Collier ; to which are added glossarial and other notes and the readings of former editions ; in eight volumes.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.; Duyckinck, George L. (George Long), 1823-1863.; Stevens, Helen C. P., active 1858, former owner.; Hooton, Henry, d. not before 1853, former owner.
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The works of Shakespeare : the text regulated by the recently discovered portfolio of 1632, containing early manuscript emendations : with a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introduction to each play / by J. Payne Collier ; to which are added glossarial and other notes and the readings of former editions ; in eight volumes.
Uniform title
Works. 1853. Redfield
Created/published
New York : Redfield, 1853 (New York : A. Cunningham, stereotypers)
Description
8 v. ; 18 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Duyckinck, George L. (George Long), 1823-1863.
Stevens, Helen C. P., active 1858, former owner.
Hooton, Henry, d. not before 1853, former owner.
Note
Also published by Redfield in 1 vol.

American preface signed: G.L.D. [i.e. George Long Duyckinck]
Contents
v. 1. History of the English drama and stage to the time of Shakespeare. Life of William Shakespeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King Lear ; Othello
v. 8. Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles ; Poems.
Condition
copy 1:v.1-4,6-7
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 530
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2752 1853f copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Helen C.P. Stevens, Lawrence, 1858. Bound in leather, with blind decoration.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1853f copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v.5 only. Bookplate: The property of Henry Hooton. Some manuscript markings. Publisher's cloth binding, with blind decoration.
Folger accession
6077