The works of Mr. William Shakespear; : in six volumes. Adorn'd with cuts. Revis'd and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author. /
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Rowe, Nicholas,1674-1718.Some account of the life and writings of William Shakespear.1709.
Leeds, Francis Godolphin,Duke of,1751-1799,former owner.NLS
London: : Printed for Jacob Tonson ...,
1709..
Large paper issue with the Shakespeare portrait before "Some account of the life in vol.1.
This edition differs from a reprint (possibly surreptitious) of the same year: - vol. 1 sig. A under "G" of "Goodness"; vol.6 sig.A4 under "here" of "where".
In fact the dramatic works only.
Each play has a separate titlepage with the imprint: "Printed in the year 1709.", and an accompanying frontispiece.
Frontispieces in NLS copy for "All's well that end's well" and "Twelfth-Night" have bound in the wrong order according to MS notes on the plates; "Twelfth-Night" plate has been placed in front of "All's well [etc.]" and vice versa.
ESTC
Provenance: each vol. contains late 18th/early 19th-century bookplate of the Duke of Leeds on the front pastedown, and MS inscription on top right hand corner of t.pp.: Leeds. 1796.
Bound in Russia with the stamp in gold on the panels of the spine