The works of Shakespeare : in eight volumes
William Shakespeare, Theobald (Compiler), Henry Lintot (Bookseller), Charles Hitch (Bookseller), Charles Corbet (Bookseller), John Brindley (Bookseller), E. New (Bookseller), Gerard Van der Gucht (Printmaker), Hubert François Gravelot (Illustrator), J. and R. Tonson (Bookseller), R. and B. Wellington (London, England) (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, MDCCXL [1740]
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Printed for H. Lintott; C. Hitch; J. and R. Tonson; C. Corbet; R. and B. Wellington; J. Brindley; and E. New, London, MDCCXL [1740]
Drama
8 v., [36] leaves of plates : ill., port. (engravings) ; 17 cm (12mo)
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v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John
v. 4. King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1 ; King Henry IV. Part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1
v. 5. King Henry VI. Part 2 ; King Henry VI. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
Contains the plays only
Vol. 1 with a general title page in red and black, followed by a volume title page. Volumes 2-8 with volume title pages in red and black. Each play with an individual play title page
Engraved frontispiece lettered: G. Vander Gucht sculp. Engraved plates preceding the plays lettered either: H. Gravelot in. & del., G. Vander Gucht scul.; or H. Gravelot inv., del., et sculp
Vol. 8 with an index
Volume 1: 48 unnumbered pages, 382 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 2: 430 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 3: 419 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 4: 466 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 5: 404 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 6: 465 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 7: 420 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates ; volume 8: 342 pages, 78 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates
Signatures: Volume 1: A¹², a¹², B-R¹² ; volume 2: A-S¹² ; volume 3: A-R¹², S⁶ ; volume 4: A-T¹², U⁶ ; volume 5: A-R¹² ; volume 6: A-T¹², U⁶ ; volume 7: A-R¹², S⁶ ; volume 8: A-R¹², S⁶
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