Six old plays, on which Shakspeare founded his Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Taming the Shrew. King John. K. Henry IV. and K. Henry V. King Lear. In two volumes. ...
London : printed for S. Leacroft: and sold by J. Nichols; T. Evans; and H. Payne,
1779.
There are two states of the divisional titlepage (beginning with 'Old plays.') to vol. 2. This divisional titlepage (variant) originally had the third play listed as 'M. William Shake-speare, his true chronicle history ...' and did not have at foot "Vol. II"; the other has this divisional titlepage cancelled and the cancel titlepage has the third play as 'The true chronicle history of King Leir, ...' and at foot is "Vol. II".
Apart from the preliminaries to volume 2, pagination and register are continuous.
Edited by John Nichols.
With an initial advertisement leaf.
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