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The works of Shakespeare : in twelve volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory and critical

Print Book, English, MDCCLXXII [1772]
Printed for R. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, London, MDCCLXXII [1772]
12 v. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
18993806
v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Merchant of Venice
v. 2. Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; All's well that ends well
v. 3. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Winter's tale
v. 4. Two gentlemen of Verona ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; Comedy of errors
v. 5. Twelfth-night ; King Lear ; King John
v. 6. King Richard II ; King Henry IV. part 1-2
v. 7. King Henry V ; King Henry VI. part 1-2
v. 8. King Henry VI. part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 9. Macbeth ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Romeo and Juliet
v. 10. Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Cymbeline
v. 11. Titus Andronicus ; Coriolanus ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 12. Hamlet ; Othello
Contains the plays only
Each volume with a volume half-title and a volume title page. Each play with a divisional half-title
Vol. 1 with Shakespeare's will, and a table of the several editions of Shakespeare's plays. Vol. 12 with an Index of the characters, sentiments, similies, speeches and descriptions in Shakespeare