The works of Shakespear. : In eight volumes. /
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Pope, Alexander,1688-1744.
Glasgow: : Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis,
M.DCC.LXVI.. [1766]
Volume numbers in direction lines.
The index in vol. 8, pt. 2, with divisional titlepage and separate register.
Final leaf of advertisement in vol. 8, pt. 2.
In fact the dramatic works only.
Each volume is divided into two parts, each with a collective titlepage; and each part contains two or three plays, each with separate titlepage, pagination and register, the separate titlepages being variously dated thus: vol.1, pt.1: both plays dated 1752; vol.1, pt.2: all three dated 1753; vol.2, pt.1: the first two dated 1765 and the third, 1753; vol.2, pt.2: both 1765; vol.3, pt.1: all three 1765; vol.3, pt.2: 1765 and 1753; vol.4 pt.1; the first two dated 1765 and the third, 1753; vol.4, pt.2; 1754 and 1760; vol.5, pt.1; both 1765; vol.5, pt.2: 1765 and 1758; vol.6, pt.1: 1759 and 1765; vol.6, pt.2: 1760 and 1759; vol.7, pt.1; both 1765; vol.7, pt.2: 1758 and 1765; vol.8, pt.1: both 1765; vol.8 pt.2: 1756 and 1757.
Vol. 1. pt. 1. The tempest, A midsummer-night's dream -- Vol. 1. pt. 2. The two gentlemen of Verona, The merry wives of Windsor, Measure for measure -- Vol. 2, pt. 1. The comedy of errors, Much ado about nothing, The merchant of Venice -- Vol. 2, pt. 2. Love's labour's lost, As you like it -- Vol. 3, pt. 1. The taming of the shrew, All's well that ends well, Twelfth-night; or, what you will -- Vol. 3, pt. 2. The winter's tale, King Lear -- Vol. 4, pt. 1. King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV. Pt. 1 -- Vol. 4, pt. 2. King Henry IV. Pt. 2, King Henry V -- Vol. 5, pt. 1. King Henry VI. Pt. 1, King Henry VI. Pt. 2 -- Vol. 5, pt. 2. King Henry VI. Pt. 3, King Richard III -- Vol. 6, pt. 1. King Henry VIII, Timon of Athens -- Vol. 6. pt. 2. Coriolanus, Julius Ceasar -- Vol. 7, pt. 1. Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus -- Vol. 7, pt. 2. Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida -- Vol. 8, pt. 1. Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet -- Vol. 8. pt. 2. Hamlet, Othello.
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