The plays and poems of William Shakespeare.
By: Corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes, 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. ; Vol. I[-VIII].
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Field, Robert, ca. 1769-1819.
Edition: First American edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 29496.
Publisher: Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan.
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Language -- Glossaries, etc; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Portraits
Notes: Volumes 4-8 were published in 1796.

Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page.

Frontispiece portrait engraved by Robert Field.

Signatures: v. 1, a² b-e⁶ A-2H⁶ (b2 missigned B); v. 2, [A]⁶ B-2K⁶ 2L²; v. 3, [A]⁶ B-2M⁶ (E3 missigned D2); v. 4, A-2N⁶ 2O² (2O2 verso blank); v. 5, A-2I⁶ 2K⁴; v. 6, A-2H⁶ 2K²; v. 7, A-2N⁶ [2O]⁴; v. 8, [A]² B-Q⁶ S-2C⁶ (Q1 missigned R); [A]⁶ B-K⁶ L⁴. Twenty-four letter alphabet, including W, used in v. 1-4 and 6-8.

Vol. 1: [4], xlviii, 384 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 412 p.; v. 3: 432 p.; v. 4: 447, [1] p.; v. 5: 392 p.; v. 6: 388 p.; v. 7: 452 p.; v. 8: 304, iv, [3], 8-128 p.

Numerous errors in paging.

Erratum note, v. 1, p. 384.

Evans 29496.

Evans 31180.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29496; 31180).
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.