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

William Shakespeare, Theobald, Benjamin Dodd (Bookseller), George Woodfall (Bookseller), J. Rivington (Bookseller), Richard Baldwin (Bookseller), Thomas Longman (Bookseller), W. Johnston (Bookseller), Charles Corbett (Bookseller), Thomas Lowndes (Bookseller), Thomas Caslon (Bookseller), Gerard Van der Gucht (Printmaker), Hubert François Gravelot (Printmaker), C. Hitch and L. Hawes (Firm) (Bookseller), J. and R. Tonson (Bookseller), S. Crowder and Co (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, MDCCLXII [1762]
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes; J. and R. Tonson; B. Dod; G. Woodfall; J. Rivington; R. Baldwin; T. Longman; S. Crowder and Co.; W. Johnston; C. Corbet; T. Lownds; and T. Caslon, London, MDCCLXII [1762]
8 v. : ill., port. (engravings) ; 17 cm. (12mo)
19318404
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, followed by a volume title page. Volumes 2-8 with dated volume title pages. Each play with an individual play half-title
Engraved frontispiece lettered: G. Vander Gucht sc. 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
hdl.handle.net Digital reproduction of an original of v.1 in the New York Public Library.
hdl.handle.net Digital reproduction of an original of v.2 in the New York Public Library.
hdl.handle.net Digital reproduction of an original of v.5 in the New York Public Library.
hdl.handle.net Digital reproduction of an original of v.6 in the New York Public Library.
hdl.handle.net Digital reproduction of an original of v.7 in the New York Public Library.
hdl.handle.net Digital reproduction of an original of v.8 in the New York Public Library.