The plays of William Shakespeare
Subtitle: in ten volumes
By: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added, notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens ; with an appendix.
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for C. Bathurst ... [and 31 others]
Published: 1773
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Notes: BM, v. 220, column 11
LC has v. 1 only. Imperfect: contains signatures A-N⁸ (Prefaces) only.
With: Morgann, Maurice, 1726-1802. An essay on the dramatic character of Sir John Falstaff. London : T. Davies, 1777. Bound together subsequent to publication.
Table of contents: title: CONTNETS: Dedication by Hemings and Condell to the folio. Preface by the same. Preface by Pope. Preface by Theobald. Preface by Hanmer. Preface by Warburton. Advertisement prefix'd to Steevens' twenty plays, etc. Rowe's Life of Shakespeare.; title: CONTENTS: - v.5. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2. - v.6. Henry V. Henry VI, pt. 1-3. - v.7. Richard III Henry VIII Coriolanus. - v.8. JuliusCaesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus. - v.9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear. - v.10. Romeo and Juliet. Othello.; title: CONTENTS: - v.1. Preface by Johnson. Advertisement by Steevens. Extract from the Gul's hornbook, by Decker, concerning our ancient theatres, etc. Catalogue of ancient translations from classic authors.; title: CONTENTS: Ms. in the Herald's office. Shakespeare's will. Passage by Johnson added to foregoing accounts. Observations on passages in the preface to the French translation of Shakespeare. Registers of the Shakespeare family.; title: CONTENTS: Commendatory verses on Shakespeare. List of the old editions of Shakespeare's plays. Folio editions:- poems:- plays ascribed to him. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. - v.2. Measure for measure.; title: CONTENTS: Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love;s labour lost. - v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of a shrew. - v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.