The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, to which are prefixed, an account of the life and writings of Shakspeare, by Mr. Rowe, and Dr. Johnson's celebrated preface to his edition of Shakspeare, printed in 1765 : 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, to which are prefixed, an account of the life and writings of Shakspeare, by Mr. Rowe, and Dr. Johnson's celebrated preface to his edition of Shakspeare, printed in 1765 : in ten volumes.

Plays. 1824. Otridge & Rackham

London : Printed for Otridge & Rackham, Strand; Sams, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Pall-Mall; Bult, Baker-Street, Portman-Square; Hailes, Museum, Piccadilly; Crawford, Cheapside; Anderson, Piccadilly; and Setchell, King-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCCXXIV [1824] (London : W. Wilson, printer, 4, Greville-Street)

10 v. : port. (engraving) ; 20 cm (12mo)

Printer information from colophon, in which "London" appears at the end of the address.

This issue does not have "John Bumpus" in title page imprint; another issue of the same setting of type (cataloged separately) includes his name.

Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare engraved by R. Cooper; published London, John Bumpus, 1824.

Each volume has a half-title with contents list and a volume title page.

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.1,5,9
copy 2, v.1,

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2752 1824a1 copy 1 Sh.Col.

Inscribed: Purchased from the Sh. M. Liby. by Samuel E. Haslett [signed] F. Hawley, Lib., 9 Aug 1888. Stamp: Shakespeare Memorial Association. On cover v. 1-2: Tho[?]od. In original brown paper boards with printed spine labels, untrimmed, numbered sequentially '46'-'55'. Printed waste visible v. 2.

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PR2752 1824a1 copy 2 Sh.Col.

Autograph: M. Fincham. Laid in v. 4, p. 246-247: newspaper clipping about Charlie Chaplin's Mumming birds. In original blue paper boards with printed spine labels, untrimmed.

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