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The plays of William Shakespeare ... With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens

Print Book, English, 1773
C. Bathurst, London, 1773
10 volumes : frontispiece, 1 illustration, folded plates, portraits, facsimile ; 22 cm
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CONTNETS: Dedication by Hemings and Condell to the folio. Preface by the same. Preface by Pope. Preface by Theobald. Preface by Hanmer. Preface by Warburton. Advertisement prefix'd to Steevens' twenty plays, etc. Rowe's Life of Shakespeare
CONTENTS: - v.5. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2. - v.6. Henry V. Henry VI, pt. 1-3. - v.7. Richard III Henry VIII Coriolanus. - v.8. JuliusCaesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus. - v.9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear. - v.10. Romeo and Juliet. Othello
CONTENTS: - v.1. Preface by Johnson. Advertisement by Steevens. Extract from the Gul's hornbook, by Decker, concerning our ancient theatres, etc. Catalogue of ancient translations from classic authors
CONTENTS: Ms. in the Herald's office. Shakespeare's will. Passage by Johnson added to foregoing accounts. Observations on passages in the preface to the French translation of Shakespeare. Registers of the Shakespeare family
CONTENTS: Commendatory verses on Shakespeare. List of the old editions of Shakespeare's plays. Folio editions:- poems:- plays ascribed to him. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. - v.2. Measure for measure
CONTENTS: Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love;s labour lost. - v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of a shrew. - v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth