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The dramatic works of William Shakespeare. : In ten volumes. : With the corrections and illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and others. / Revised by Isaac Reed, Esq.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.; Gimbrede, Thomas, 1781-1832, printmaker.; Oakely, Jn., active 1834, former owner.; Collins & Hannay, publisher.
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Title
The dramatic works of William Shakespeare. : In ten volumes. : With the corrections and illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and others. / Revised by Isaac Reed, Esq.
Uniform title
Plays. 1825. Collins & Hannay
Edition
Stereotype edition.
Created/published
New York : Published by Collins & Hannay, no. 230 Pearl-Street, 1825.
Description
10 v. : ill., 1 port. (engravings) ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800.
Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.
Gimbrede, Thomas, 1781-1832, printmaker.
Oakely, Jn., active 1834, former owner.
Collins & Hannay, publisher.
Note
Edition statement from volume half-titles.

Engraved frontispiece portrait in v. 1 lettered: Gimbrede sc. Each play with an engraving.

Vol. IV mis-printed 'VI' on title page.

Not in Shoemaker.
Contents
v. 1. The author's life. Dr. Johnson's preface. Some account of the learning of Shakespeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. Midsummer-night's dream ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Taming of the shrew
v. 4. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth
v. 5. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV
v. 6. Henry V ; King Henry VI
v. 7. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus
v. 8. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus
v. 9. Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet
v. 10. Hamlet ; Othello ; Pericles.
Folger-specific note
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.
Condition
v. 1,3,5-6
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2752 1825j Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Lacking ill. for MWW. Autographs: Jn. Oakley, 13 Sept. 1834; Mary E. Sto[ut?]enburgh (v. 10). Bound in speckled leather.
Folger accession
cs61