The plays and poems of William Shakespeare
Subtitle: corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes
By: by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. ; to which are added, a glossary and the life of the author ; embellished with a striking likeness from the collection of His Grace the Duke of Chandos.
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Notes: Book-plate of Swan M. Burnett ; newspaper clippings and ms. letter from John S. Biorden to James O'Neill mounted on fly-leaves.
Table of contents: title: . 1: Preface to the American edition. Life of Shakspeare. Shakspeare's will. Glossary. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. --; title: v. 2: Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. --; title: v. 3: Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth. --; title: v. 4: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V. --; title: v. 5: King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. --; title: v. 6: King Henry VIII. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. --; title: v. 7: Timon of Athens. Troilus and Cressida. Titus Andronicus. Cymbeline. King Lear. --; title: v. 8: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Poems: Venus and Adonis. Tarquin and Lucrece. Sonnets. Passionate pilgrim. Lover's complaint.