Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo
Subtitle: with an introduction: whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire ...
Publisher: Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand.
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Work titles: Plays
Notes: Dedication in v.1 dated Nov. 9, 1767; colophon at end of v.10: From the press of Dryden Leach in Crane court; Febr. 23. 1768.

Edited by Edward Capell; in a footnote to his introduction in v.1 (p. 18-19) he states "the first sheet of this work (being the first of volume 2.) went to the press in September 1760; and this volume was follow'd by volumes 8,4,9,1,6, and 7; the last of which was printed off in August 1765 ... " The work as a whole, however, seems not to have been issued until 1768.

Errors in paging in vols. 2,3,6, and 7.

"Corrigenda" (to the entire work): v.10, p. [121-123] (3d count).

"Table of quarto editions of plays written by Shakespeare": v. 1, p. [84-88].
Table of contents: title: v.1. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windosr.; title: v.2. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost.; title: v.3. A midsummer night's dream. The merchant of Venice. As you like it. The taming of the shrew.; title: v.4. All's well, that ends well. Twelfthnight, or, What you will. The winter's tale. Macbeth.; title: v.5. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, pts. I-II.; title: v.6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, pts. I-III.; title: v.7. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.; title: v.8. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.; title: v.9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.; title: v.10. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello.; title: Capell's "Notes and various readings to Shakespeare" did not appear until 1779.