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The tempest / by Mr. William Shakespear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.
1736
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Title
The tempest / by Mr. William Shakespear.
Uniform title
Tempest
Created/published
London : Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Description
60 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716, illustrator.
Note
A close page-for-page reprint of the second of the Tonson 1734 editions, resembling so closely Tonson's 1734-1735 series as to suggest the possibility of the date's being an error (Folger card catalog).

Signatures: A-B¹² C⁶.

Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 1, 1735.

Engraved frontispiece lettered: Lud Du Guernier inv.; v.1 p.3.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), 54703
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 277
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2833 1736 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In plain paper wrapper.
Folger accession
cs1070
Call number
PR2833 1736 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
With additional monument engraving. Half leather and cloth binding. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2833 1736 copy 3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
With added monument engraving, Du Guernier frontispiece lacking. In plain paper wrapper.
Folger accession
cs1078