Bell's edition [of the plays of Shakespeare] : printed complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and revised from the last editions..
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Johnson, Samuel,1709-1784.
Stevens, George Alexander,1710-1784.
Ancram, Henrietta Kerr,Countess of,1762-1805,former owner.StEdNL
London: : Printed for, and under the direction of John Bell, British-Library, Strand.,
MDCCLXXXV..
All the plays have a letterpress and two engraved title pages.
No general title page. Title adapted from letterpress title pages of plays.
Volumes 1-8 dated 1785 and 9-12 dated 1786
Volume numbers only appear on binding.
Vol. 1. Tempest, Measure for measure, Macbeth -- Vol. 2. Much ado about nothing, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet -- Vol. 3. Merchant of Venice, Merry wives of Windsor, Julius Caesar -- Vol. 4. Midsummer night's dream, Titus Andronicus, Twelfth night -- Vol. 5. Love's labour's lost, Timon of Athens, Troilus and Cressida -- Vol. 6. As you like it, Othello, Comedy of errors -- Vol. 7. Henry V, King Lear, Henry IV, pt. 1 -- Vol. 8. Henry IV, pt. 2, Taming of the shrew, Cymbeline -- Vol. 9. All's well that ends well, Henry VI, pt. 1, Henry VI, pt. 2 -- Vol. 10. Henry VI, pt. 3, Richard III, King John -- Vol. 11. Henry VIII, Richard II, The winter's tale -- Vol. 12. Two gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra.
Provenance: Inscription on first titlepage of vol. 1: Henrietta Hobart.