The plays of William Shakspeare / accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. ; with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare ; in eight volumes.
1830
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Title
The plays of William Shakspeare / accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. ; with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare ; in eight volumes.
Uniform title
Plays. 1830. M'Carty & Davis
Created/published
Philadelphia : Published by M'Carty & Davis, no. 171 Market Street, 1830 (N. York : Stereotyped by J. Howe)
Description
8 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 12 cm (16mo)
Associated name
Note
Stereotyper information precedes publisher on title page; "N. York" follows name.
Each volume embellished with a frontispiece engraving and an added-engraved title page Added-engraved title page variously lettered by engravers and artists; published: Philadelphia, H.C. Carey & I. Lea, & McCarty & Davis, 1823.
Each volume embellished with a frontispiece engraving and an added-engraved title page Added-engraved title page variously lettered by engravers and artists; published: Philadelphia, H.C. Carey & I. Lea, & McCarty & Davis, 1823.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
Folger-specific note
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.
Condition
copy 2 v.1,3,5-6
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Call number
PR2752 1830a copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Some vols. with manuscript pencil list of vocabulary in endpapers. Autograph: John G. Saxe, Albany, N.Y. Publisher's blind-tooled red cloth binding with gilt bust of Shakespeare on the spines.
Folger accession
cs39
Call number
PR2752 1830a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v. 8 wanting. Autograph: Thos. J. Mapie. Bound in calf with filleting.
Folger accession
cs374
Call number
PR2752 1830a copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bound in green leather.
Folger accession
cs837
Call number
PR2752 1830a copy 4 v.3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: v. 3 only. Illegible autograph dated 1857. Gift of Mrs. George T. Cunningham. Bound in leather with filleting, black leather spine label, and marbled endpapers.
Folger accession
10.2.49