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

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

Plays. 1823. Rivington

A new edition, in ten volumes.

London : Printed for F., C., and J. Rivington, T. Egerton, J. Cuthell, J. Scatcherd, Longman and Co., T. Cadell, J. and W.T. Clarke, J. Booker, J. Booth, J. Richardson, J.M. Richardson, R.H. Evans, J. Mawman, R. Scholey, W. Earle, J. Bohn, C. Brown, R. Pheney, Baldwin and Co., Newman and Co., Ogle and Co., T. Tegg, T. Hamilton, W. Wood, J. Sheldon, Whitmore and Fenn, Harding and Co., E. Edwards, W. Mason, G. Mackie, J.H. Bohte, T. Wilkie, G. and W.B. Whittaker, Kingsbury and Co., Simpkin and Co., and R. Saunders; also for Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; Wilson and Sons, York; for Stirling and Slade, A. Black, P. Brown, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh, 1823 ( London : Printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square)

10 v. : port. ; 16 cm (12mo)

"Advertisement" signed: W.H., possibly William Hazlitt.

Printer from colophon.

Each volume has a half-title and volume

Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in v. 1 lettered: Dean, sculpt.

"A few sets were done on large paper"--Jaggard.

v. 1. Some account of the life &c. / by Mr. Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Mids. 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, part 1 King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V
v. 6. King Henry VI, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3
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.1,3
copy 2, v.3,4,6

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 515

Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.
Great Britain -- England -- York.
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.

PR2752 1823k copy 1 Sh.Col.

In original boards with printed spine labels; untrimmed. Printed waste visible in v. 1, 3. Gatherings unopened in a few plays. Gift of Henry N. Paul.

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PR2752 1823k copy 2 Sh.Col.

Bookplate with crest: Lady Emily Lygon. Half-bound in calf with marbled paper boards. Printed waste visible in v. 1.

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