The works of Mr. William Shakespeare.
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Title
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The works of Mr. William Shakespeare.
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list of authors
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Shakespeare, William
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Publisher
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Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand,
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Date
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1723
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General Notes
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6 vols. Illustrated. ESTC N26060.
Folger notes:
The first edition of Shakespeare’s plays in quarto, and Pope’s first edition.
Contains the plays only. A seventh volume of the Poems printed by J. Darby for A. Bettesworth, etc., was issued in 1725 to accompany the plays.
With a general title page in red and black dated 1725; volume title pages read: The works of Mr. William Shakespear and are dated 1723. Each play with a divisional title page.
Engraved portrait frontispiece, dated 1721, and Stratford bust lettered: G. Vertue sculp.
With Pope’s preface, Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespeare by Rowe, Ben Johnson’s poem, and a list of subscribers in v. 1; with an index and table in v. 6.
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, p. 19-21
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 498. Published between 1723-1725.
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Bound in brown calf with simple gilt frame. Title on black label in gilt and gilt ornaments found in all compartments on spine. Marbled endpapers with matching pastedowns and foredges. Contains the bookplate of John Bramley-Moore in all six volumes.
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list of editors
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Pope, Alexander
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Spatial Coverage
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London
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Identifier
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PR2752.P8 1723 ovz.
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locator
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