The Works of Shakespear in Eight Volumes
Subtitle: Volume the First
By: by Mr. Pope and Mr. Warburton
Contributors: Warburton, William, 1698-1779, editor; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, author of introduction,   editor; Birt, Samuel,   -1755,   bookseller; Longman, Thomas,   1699-1755,   bookseller; Shewell, Thomas,   active 1744-1748,   bookseller; Lintot, Henry,   1703-1758,   bookseller; Hitch, Charles,   -1764,   bookseller; Brindley, John,   -1758,   bookseller; Draper, Somerset,   bookseller; Wellington, Richard,   bookseller; New, E.,   active 18th century   bookseller; Dodd, Benjamin,   -1765,   bookseller; Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; J. and R. Tonson, ; John and Paul Knapton (Firm), 
Series: The Works of Shakespear in Eight Volumes, Volume the First
Publisher: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman and T. Shewell, H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod
Published: 1747
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Other titles: Plays
Work titles: Works
Description: the genuine text (collated with all the former editions, and then corrected and emended) is here settled, being restored from the blunders of the first editors, and the interpolations of the two last : with a comment and notes, critical and explanatory
Notes: Contains the dramatic works only, with an engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Vertue, after the Chandos portrait, at the front of volume. 1.

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, p. 3

ESTC T138851

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in early, likely 19th-Century red morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt and the top edges of the text blocks are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedowns and a bookseller's catalog entry, with price and date of purchase, is present on the pastedown of vol. 1.
Table of contents: title: Tempest; title: Midsummer night's dream; title: Two gentlemen of Verona; title: Merry wives of Windsor; title: Measure for measure