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The plays of William Shakespeare : in ten volumes

Print Book, English, 1773
Printed for C. Bathurst ... [and 31 others], London, 1773
10 v. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
35713993
v. 1: Preface / [signed] Johnson. Advertisement to the reader. Ancient translations from classic authors (Publisher's advertisement). Preface by the players. Mr. Pope's preface. Mr. Theobald's preface. Sir T. Hanmer's preface. Dr. Warburton's preface. Advertisement to the reader [prefixed to Mr. Steevens's edition of twenty of the old quarto copies of Shakespeare]. Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespeare / written by Mr. Rowe. Shakespeare's will. Baptisms, marriages, and burials of the Shakespeare family. Poems upon the author. List of the old editions of Shakespeare's plays. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2: Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost
v. 3: Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew
v. 4: All's well that ends well. Twelfth Night. Winter's tale. Macbeth
v. 5: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2
v. 6: King Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3
v. 7: King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus
v. 8: Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus
v. 9: Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear
v. 10: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Appendixes
LC has v. 1 only. Imperfect: contains signatures A-N⁸ (Prefaces) only
With: Morgann, Maurice, 1726-1802. An essay on the dramatic character of Sir John Falstaff. London : T. Davies, 1777. Bound together subsequent to publication