The life and death of King Henry the Eighth. By Mr. William Shakespear
Publisher: Printed for Jacob Tonson, and the rest of the Proprietors
Published: 1734
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
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12mo. f. [1] (blank), pp. 95 (p. 76 misnumbered 74; variant has p. 76 correctly numbered), [1], f. [1] (plates). Signatures: A-D¹². Marbled wrappers. Engraved frontispiece. Printer's device on title page. Head- and tailpieces, engraved initials.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">A page-for-page reprint of the 1728 Pope edition, with the scene divisions, notes and shining passages (cf. Folger card catalog). Also issued as part of Tonson's edition of the Works of Shakespeare, v. 5, 1735. Includes the ‘short’ version of William Chetwood’s ‘advertisement’ swearing that he has not, as prompter of the Drury Lane Theatre, had anything to do with the ‘useless, pirated, and maim’d’ editions of Shakespeare published by Robert Walker. See H. L. Ford, Shakespeare, 1700-1740; a collation of the editions and separate plays, with some account of T. Johnson and R. Walker. New York, [1968], pp. 44-45, 120. See also ESTC, T54720.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039119269707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>