The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes : in ten volumes.

The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes : in ten volumes.

Plays. 1811. J. Nichols and Son

A new edition.

London : Printed for J. Nichols and Son; F., C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; R. Faulder; J. Stockdale; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie and J. Robinson; Scatcherd and Letterman; T. Egerton; J. Walker; W. Clarke and Son; J. Barker and Son; J. Cuthell; R. Lea; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; J. Deighton; J. White and Co.; C. Law; B. Crosby and Co.; Longman and Co.; Cadell and Davies; J. Harding; R.H. Evans; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Mawman; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Richardson; J. Booth; Newman and Co.; R. Pheney; R. Scholey; J. Asperne; R. Baldwin; Cradock and Joy; and J. Johnson and Co., 1811 (London : C. and R. Baldwin, printers, New Bridge-street)

10 v. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 18 cm (12mo)

Not to be confused with either of the J. Nichols and Son, [etc.] 1811 Plays of William Shakspeare, in eight or in nine volumes.

Edition statement precedes "in ten volumes" on vol. title page. Printer information from colophon; "London" follows address.

Volumes with half-titles and vol. title pages; plays with divisional titles.

Advertisement in v. 1 signed "W.H.".

With Some account of the life, &c. by Rowe and Johnson's preface in v. 1.

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night
v. 2. 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
v. 4. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John
v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 6. King Henry VI
v. 7. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 9. Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; King Lear
v. 10. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.

copy 1 v.1-10
copy 3 v.1-3,5,7-9

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 512

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2752 1811b copy 1 Sh.Col.

Bound in paper covered boards with paper spine labels; leaves unopened; evidence of printed waste. Gift of Henry N. Paul.

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PR2752 1811b copy 2 Sh.Col.

Bound in calf with marbled endpapers and edges.

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PR2752 1811b copy 3 Sh.Col.

Imperfect: v. 4, 6, 10 wanting; v. 1, 5, 7 lacking preliminary vol.-t.p. and half-titles; v. 9 lacking final leaf of text (King Lear). Bookplate: Mrs. Kent. Bound in original paper boards; leaves untrimmed.

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PR2752 1811b copy 4 v.10 fragment Sh.Col.

Imperfect: v. 10 fragment of Romeo and Juliet only. Disbound.

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PR2807 .A12 Sh.Col.

Imperfect: v. 10 fragment of Hamlet only. Disbound.

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