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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848.; Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858.; Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.; Hopkins, Mary J. H., d. not before 1854, former owner.; Hopkins, Julia Anna, d. not before 1854, former owner.; Holl, Benjamin, 1808-1884, printmaker.; Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874, illustrator.; Glover, De Lay, 1823-1863, printmaker.; Kelly, Thomas, approximately 1795-approximately 1841, printmaker.; Halpin, Frederick W., 1805-1880, printmaker.; Rice, J. R. (James R.), 1824- printmaker.; Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, printmaker.; Pelton, Oliver, 1798-1882, printmaker.; Hayter, John, 1800-1895, illustrator.; Egg, A., illustrator.; Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909, illustrator.; Wright, John William, 1802-1848, illustrator.; Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874, illustrator.; Johnston, Alexander, 1815-1891, illustrator.; Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, illustrator.; Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
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Title
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.
Uniform title
Works. 1854. Phillips, Sampson & Co.
Created/published
Boston : Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1854.
Description
8 v. : ill., port. ; 26 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848.
Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858.
Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Hopkins, Mary J. H., d. not before 1854, former owner.
Hopkins, Julia Anna, d. not before 1854, former owner.
Holl, Benjamin, 1808-1884, printmaker.
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874, illustrator.
Glover, De Lay, 1823-1863, printmaker.
Kelly, Thomas, approximately 1795-approximately 1841, printmaker.
Halpin, Frederick W., 1805-1880, printmaker.
Rice, J. R. (James R.), 1824- printmaker.
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, printmaker.
Pelton, Oliver, 1798-1882, printmaker.
Hayter, John, 1800-1895, illustrator.
Egg, A., illustrator.
Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909, illustrator.
Wright, John William, 1802-1848, illustrator.
Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874, illustrator.
Johnston, Alexander, 1815-1891, illustrator.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, illustrator.
Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
Note
Vol. 1 frontispiece lettered: Holl, sc. Added, engraved title page lettered: H. Billings, del.; D.L. Glover, sc. Other plates engraved by D.L. Glover, T. Kelley, F. Halpin, Rice, Buttre, O. Pelton from works by J. Hayter, A. Egg, Corbould, Frith, J.W. Wright, K. Meadows, A. Johnston, Sir J. Reynolds.

Edited by Oliver W. B. Peabody; based on Singer's edition, "carefully compared" with the folio of 1623; with the life by Dr. Symmons, revised, and "New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare", by Collier.

Apparently printed from stereotypes of the 1836 edition, with the Poems added in v.8 (Jaggard).

Vol. 8 has title: The poetical works of William Shakspeare : with notes illustrative and explanatory : together with a supplementary notice to the Roman plays.
Contents
v. 1. Life of Shakspeare. New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing
v. 2. Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew
v. 3. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1
v. 4. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI
v. 5. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 6. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 7. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
v. 8. Venus and Adonis ; The rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets. Illustration of the sonnets. A lover's complaint ; The passionate pilgrim ; Verses among the additional poems to Chester's Love's martyr (1601). Illustrations of A lover's complaint, The passionate pilgrim, &c. Supplementary notice to the poems. Supplementary notice to the Roman plays.
Condition
v.1-7
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 531
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Call number
PR2752 1854o Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Julia Anna Hopkins. Autograph: Mrs. Mary J.H. Hopkins. Some manuscript markings. Bookseller's ticket: From Seymour & Alward's Book Store, 97 Genesee St., Auburn, N.Y. Leather binding, with marbled endpapers and edges. Envelope laid in v.7, removed to curatorial file, with manuscript: For Prof. Hopkins and friends. Gift of Julia A. Hopkins.
Folger accession
4-13-50