The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators, a history of the stage, a life of Shakspeare, &c. / by Alexander Chalmers, A. M. ; in nine volumes.

The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators, a history of the stage, a life of Shakspeare, &c. / by Alexander Chalmers, A. M. ; in nine volumes.

Plays. 1805. Rivington

London : Printed for F., C., and J. Rivington; J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; H.L. Gardner; W., J., and J. Richardson; J. Nichols and Son; T. Payne; R. Faulder; G. and J. Robinson; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie; Scatcherd and Letterman; T. Egerton; J. Walker; W. Clarke and Son; J. Barker and Son; D. Ogilvy and Son; Cuthell and Martin; R. Lea; P. Macqueen; Lackington, Allen and Co.; T. Kay; J. Deighton; J. White; W. Miller; Vernor and Hood; D. Walker; C. Law; B. Crosby and Co.; R. Pheney; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Harding; R.H. Evans; S. Bagster; J. Mawman; Blacks and Parry; J. Badcock; J. Asperne; and T. Ostell, 1805 ([London] : C. and R. Baldwin, printers, New Bridge-Street, Blackfriars)

9 v. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 22 cm (8vo)

This is the 1805 small paper issue in nine volumes, issued without the Fuseli engravings. A large paper issue from 1805 exists in ten volumes with the engravings. The nine volume, small paper issue was re-issued in 1812 bearing volume title pages reflecting the inclusion of the engravings and with the 1805 imprint, and paper spine labels dated 1812.

Printer information from v. 1 colophon.

The prefaces of Chalmers, Johnson, and Pope, and Malone's Historical account of the English stage in v. 1. Glossarial index in v. 9.

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost
v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale
v. 4. Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1
v. 5. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI, parts 1-2
v. 6. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 8. Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; King Lear
v. 9. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.

v. 4,7

Copy 2. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2752 1805a2 Sh.Col.

Only illustration is portrait frontispiece in v. 1. Armorial bookplate (motto: Vincit veritas) of Thomas Kilburn. Bound in diced leather with marbled endpapers and edges.

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