The dramatic works of Shakspeare / from the text of Johnson & Steevens ; with preface and glossarial index ; in eight volumes.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; Hughes, T. (Thomas), active 1807-1833, bookseller.; Bysh, John, bookseller.; Maurice, D. S. (David Sampson), printer.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; Templetonn, Elizabeth, former owner.
1822
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Title
The dramatic works of Shakspeare / from the text of Johnson & Steevens ; with preface and glossarial index ; in eight volumes.
Uniform title
Plays. 1822. Thomas Hughes
Created/published
London : Printed for Thomas Hughes, 35, Ludgate Street; and sold by all booksellers in town and country, [between 1822 and 1825?] ([London] : Maurice, Fenchurch Street)
Description
8 v. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 13 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Note
Hughes sold similar Shakespeare plays at this address ca. 1823; Maurice was printing at this address between 1822 and 1827; Folger Library copy with "1825" in pencil ms. on v. 1 monument frontispiece. See Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, c.1800-1870.
Printer information from v. 1 colophon.
Play title pages with subtitles and imprints variously reading: " ... from the text of Johnson & Steevens, with remarks ... London : Printed by D.S. Maurice, Fenchurch Street, sold by T. Hughes, 35, Ludgate Street, and J. Bysh, 52 Paternoster Row."
Unlettered wood engraved frontispieces and title page vignettes are those of Whittingham's edition of 1818.
Plays with separate pagination and signatures.
Preface to Shakspeare's dramatic works by Dr. Samuel Johnson in v. 1. Glossary to Shakspeare in v. 8.
Two final leaves of advertisements for The English theatre in v. 1, as well as certain plays with final leaves of advertisements.
Printer information from v. 1 colophon.
Play title pages with subtitles and imprints variously reading: " ... from the text of Johnson & Steevens, with remarks ... London : Printed by D.S. Maurice, Fenchurch Street, sold by T. Hughes, 35, Ludgate Street, and J. Bysh, 52 Paternoster Row."
Unlettered wood engraved frontispieces and title page vignettes are those of Whittingham's edition of 1818.
Plays with separate pagination and signatures.
Preface to Shakspeare's dramatic works by Dr. Samuel Johnson in v. 1. Glossary to Shakspeare in v. 8.
Two final leaves of advertisements for The English theatre in v. 1, as well as certain plays with final leaves of advertisements.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; 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 ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 7. King Lear ; Hamlet ; Cymbeline ; Timon of Athens ; Othello
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Comedy of errors ; Titus Andronicus.
v. 2. Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; 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 ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 7. King Lear ; Hamlet ; Cymbeline ; Timon of Athens ; Othello
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Comedy of errors ; Titus Andronicus.
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
PR2754 8g1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
"1825" in manuscript pencil on v. 1 frontispiece. Armorial bookplate of Elizabeth Templetonn. Gift of Henry N. Paul. Rebound (by R. Lunow?) in quarter leather over cloth covered boards; marbled edges.
Folger accession
5941