The works of Shakespeare
Subtitle: in seven volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory, and critical
By: by Mr. Theobald
Contributors: Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744; Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735, bookseller; Clay, Francis, d. 1738, bookseller; Feales, William, bookseller; Wellington, Richard, fl. 1735-1740, bookseller; Arlaud, Benoît, d. 1719, printmaker; Duchange, Gaspard, 1662-1757, engraver; Maise, Sarah, former owner; Murray, J., former owner; A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch (Firm)
Publisher: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Tonson, F. Clay, W. Feales, and R. Wellington
Published: 1733
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Work titles: Plays
Notes: This is the large paper issue printed in 75 copies, with gutter margin of approximately 1.5 cm. There is also a small paper issue with approximate height of 21 cm and gutter margin of approximately .7 cm. The letterpress of the two issues is identical.

Contains the plays only.

Each volume has a volume title page, half title, and a title page for each play; vol. 1 has a title page for the set and no half title.

Engraved frontispiece portrait (vol. 1) lettered: B. Arlaud del., G. Duchange scul.

With a list of subscribers in v. 1 and "A table of the several editions of Shakespeare's plays, collected by the editor" in v. 7.

Vol. 5 volume title page lists Macbeth as the third play; it is actually the final play of the volume.

ESTC N492493

Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, p. 26-28

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 499

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) set: ex libris (inscriptions in v. 3,6) Sarah Maise, (inscription in v.2) J. Murray; letter from Theobald to Sir Michael Newton laid in (v.1).
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing; title: v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night; title: v. 3. Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1-2; title: v. 4. Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1-3 ; King Richard III; title: v. 5. King Henry VIII ; King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth; title: v. 6. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline; title: v. 7. Troilus and Cressida ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.