The plays of Shakespeare from the text of Dr. S. Johnson
Subtitle: with the prefaces, notes, &c. of Rowe, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson and select notes from many other critics : also, the introduction of the last editior Mr. Capell, and a table shewing his various readings.
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Capell, Edward, 1713-1781.
Publisher: Thomas Ewing
Published: 1771
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Other titles: Johnson's Shakespeare.
Work titles: Works.
Notes: Commonly known as: Johnson's Shakespeare.

Each volume is in two parts, each with separate title page but with continuous pagination for the plays ; other sections have separate pagination.

Each part includes notes on the plays, each section with separate pagination ; each part includes also: "Variations between the texts of Mr. Johnson and Mr. Capell" (at end, except in v. 6, pt. 2).

Bound in leather with gold stamping on spine, numbered 1-12 ; marbled endpapers.

ESTC, T138859

In library's copy, v. 1, pt. 1-2, v. 2, pt. 1, v. 5, pt. 1, and v. 6, pt. 2, are rebound, and v. 1, pt. 2, lacks t.p.
Table of contents: title: v. l. Dr. Samuel Johnsons' preface. The preface of the players. Mr. Pope's preface. Mr. Theobald's preface. Sir T. Hanmer's preface. Dr. Warburton's preface. Mr. Edward Capell's introduction. Table of quarto editions of plays written by Shakespeare. Some account of the life &c. of William Shakespeare / written by Mr. Rowe. Poems upon the author. The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentlemen of Verona. Measure for measure. The merchant of Venice. As you like it; title: v. 2. Love's labour's lost. The winter's tale. Twelfth-night, or, What you will. The merry wives of Windsor. The taming of the shrew. The comedy of errors.; title: v. 3. Much ado about nothing. All's well that end's well. The life and death of King John. The life and death of Richard II. The first part of Henry IV. The second part of Henry IV.; title: v. 4. The life of Henry V. The first part of Henry VI. The second part of Henry VI.The third part of Henry VI. The life and death of Richard III.; title: v. 5. The life of Henry VIII. The life and death of King Lear. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus. The tragedy of Macbeth. C. Marcius Coriolanus. Julius Caesar.; title: v. 6. Antony and Cleopatra. Cybeline, a tragedy. Troilus and Cressida. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Othello, the Moor of Venice. Shakespeare's poems.