The plays of William Shakspeare
Subtitle: accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare : in eight volumes
Contributors: Steevens, George, 1736-1800; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Published by H.C. Carey, and I. Lea, and M'Carty & Davis
Published: 1823
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Other titles: Plays of William Shakespeare
Work titles: Plays
Notes: Stereotyper precedes publication information on title page; "N. York" follows "Howe."

Each volume has a frontispiece and an added engraved title page; engravers were W. Hay, C.G. Childs, F. Kearney, G.B. Ellis.

Rare Book copy: Inscribed to Laura Johnson from [G.H.?].

Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 14095

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. The tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure; title: v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Measure for measure ; Love's labours lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it; title: v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth; title: v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part I ; King Henry IV, part II ; King Henry V; title: v. 5. King Henry VI, part I ; King Henry VI, part II ; King Henry VI, part III ; King Richard III; title: v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus; title: v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbaline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles; title: v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.