Macbeth : a tragedy / by William Shakspeare ; printed from the text of Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, as last revised by Isaac Reed ; with selected and original anecdotes and annotations, biographical, explanatory, critical and dramatic.

Macbeth : a tragedy / by William Shakspeare ; printed from the text of Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, as last revised by Isaac Reed ; with selected and original anecdotes and annotations, biographical, explanatory, critical and dramatic.

Macbeth

London : Printed by W. Clowes, Villiers-Street. Published by Mathews and Leigh, Strand, 1807.

[2], 16, [3], 18-227, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : 3 ports. (engravings) ; 21 cm (4to)

Issued as a supplement to the Cabinet; or, Monthly report of polite literature.

A variorum edition with no editor named.

There exist two issues of Macbeth published by Mathews and Leigh in 1807 which can be distinguished by format: this issue is a quarto with gatherings signed in 4's, and the leaves measure approximately 21 cm high and 12 cm wide. The other issue is a folio signed in 2's, and the leaves measure approximately 24 cm high and 21 cm wide.

Signatures: A1 B-2G⁴ 2H⁴ (-2H4).

With a half-title.

Engraved portraits alternately lettered by engravers: Evans, Hopwood, H.R. Cook; and by artists: Sir G. Kneller, Romney, R.E. Pine; published by Mathews & Leigh, dated 1807 or 1808.

copy 1
copy 3
copy 5

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2823 1807 copy 1 Sh.Col.

Lacking half-title. Manuscript pencil annotations. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards.

cs1251

PR2823 1807 copy 2 Sh.Col.

Lacking half-title and the engraving of Betterton. Newspaper clippings with 1863 reviews of Macbeth pasted onto front endpapers; dealer's description removed to acq. files: "a very interesting copy, having been carefully annotated by a Shakespeare commentator, and containing on blank margins a large number of critical notes in pencil and ink." Armorial bookplate (motto: Perseverando) of John Kershaw. Autograph: W. Gassard, January 1844. Quarter-leather binding with marbled paper boards.

cs1203

PR2823 1807 copy 3 Sh.Col.

Lacking half-title and the engraving of Mrs. Pritchard. Extra-illustrated with numerous illustrations from other 18th and 19th cent. editions of Macbeth; some newspaper clippings regarding the play pasted throughout the volume. Autograph: J. Jolit. Tree-calf binding.

cs474

PR2823 1807 copy 6 Sh.Col.

Lacking engravings of Betterton and Henderson. Armorial bookplate (motto: Ubique patriam reminisci) of Joseph Parker Norris. Quarter leather binding with marbled boards; bookseller's ticket: John Penington & Son, importers & booksellers, 127 S. 7th St., Philadelphia.

cs1108

PR2823 1807 copy 5 Sh.Col.

Lacking engravings. Inscription on half-title: From the editor. Armorial bookplates of: (motto: In se teres) James St. Aubyn; and E Libris Clementis Scott. Bound in calf with sprinkled edges.

cs918

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