The Works of Mr. William Shakespear
Subtitle: the seventh volume : containing Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, and Mr. Shakespear's miscellany poems : to which is prefix'd An essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage in Greece, Rome, and England : and a glossary of the old words us'd in these works : the whole revis'd and corrected, with a preface
By: by Dr. Sewell
Contributors: Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724, author of introduction; Sewell, George, -1726, editor; Darby, John, -1733, printer; Bettesworth, Arthur, -1739, bookseller; Symon, Edward, -1741, bookseller; Fayram, Francis, bookseller; Mears, W. (William), active 1713-1729, bookseller; Pemberton, John, -1739, bookseller; Hooke, John, active 1714-1730, bookseller; Rivington, Charles, 1688-1742, bookseller; Clay, Francis, -1738, bookseller; Batley, Jeremiah, -1737, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed by J. Darby, for A. Bettesworth; F. Fayram; W. Mears; J. Pemberton; J. Hooke; C. Rivington; F. Clay; J. Batley; E. Symon
Published: 1725
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Other titles: Works of Mr. William Shakespeare; Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
Work titles: Poems
Notes: Intended to accompany Tonson's 1723-1725 Works of William Shakespear in six volumes.

An essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage written by Charles Gildon.

The text is continuous despite register and pagination.

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, Shakespeare, p. 2, no. 15

Alston, R.C. Bibliography of the English language, III.71

ESTC T138856

Jaggard, W.  Shakespeare bibliography, p. 434

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern red morocco and papier tourniquet (as described by Wolfe in Marbled papers). The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown.