Front cover image for The works of Mr. William Shakespear : [The VII spurious plays]. Volume the ninth

The works of Mr. William Shakespear : [The VII spurious plays]. Volume the ninth

Print Book, English, 1728
Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand etc, London, 1728
426 pages, [vi] : portrait ill. ; 16 cm
1179427554
A rectangle has been cut out of the title page beside 'of'
Each play has a separate title page and woodcut though the text is continuously paginated
The subtitle (illegible) has been erased and replaced by an inked stamp with 'The VII Spurious Plays'
This appears to be volume 9, a supplementary volume to the 8-volume edition edited by Alexander Pope and George Sewell, published in 1728
[Edited by Alexander Pope and George Sewell]
Contains Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The London Prodigal, Thomas Lord Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle, The Puritan, A Yorkshire Tragedy, Locrine
Lists of books printed for Jacob Tonson and Richard, James and Bethel Wellington are included at the end