Items

• The tempest : or, The enchanted island / with additions from Dryden, as compiled by J. P. Kemble and first acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, October 13th, 1789.
  ESTC T9996. Western copy not listed.Folger notes: Epilogue written by the Right Honourable Lieutenant-General Bourgoyne. With a cast list.
• An essay on the learning of Shakespeare : addressed to Joseph Cradock, esq.
  ESTC T138166. Western copy listed.
• *Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth : with remarks on Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition of Shakespeare. To which is affixed, proposals for a new edition of Shakespeare, with a specimen. First printed in the year MDCCXLV. From
  ESTC N25884
• Imperfect hints towards a new edition of Shakespeare, written chiefly in the year 1782. [Part 2]
  ESTC T37045 Western copy listed.
• Imperfect hints towards a new edition of Shakespeare, written chiefly in the year 1782. [Part 1]
  ESTC T412. Western copy listed.
• The dramatic works of Shakespeare: in six volumes : with notes by Joseph Rann A.M., Vicar of St. Trinity, in Coventry.
  ESTC T163208. Western copy listed. Folger notes: Contains the plays only. Dates follow "Clarendon Press" on volume title-page imprints of volumes 1-4. Volumes 4-6 imprints lacking names of Mess. Prince, and C. Selwin Rann. Volumes 5-6 imprints begin "Oxford: sold by J. Cooke." Vol. 1-4 are dated, respectively, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1791; while v. 5 and 6 are undated. Jaggard suggests a terminal date of 1794. All volumes with volume title-pages and half-titles; all plays with divisional titles. Errata in v. 1. Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 505
• Macbeth reconsidered; an essay intended as an answer to part of the Remarks on some of the characters of Shakespeare.
  ESTC T6430. Western Second copy not listed. Price of 1 shilling on half-title.
• Macbeth reconsidered; an essay intended as an answer to part of the Remarks on some of the characters of Shakespeare.
  ESTC T6430. Western copy listed.
• Prolegomena to the dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere.
  ESTC T65177? Likely vol. 1-2 of Bell's 20 volume edition published ca. 1788 but with different dates on various volumes. Contains foldout.Folger notes: Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 505
• Essays on Shakespeare's dramatic characters of Macbeth, Hamlet, Jacques and Imogen. To which are added, an Introduction By Mr.Richardson.
  ESTC T136701. Western copy listed. Fourth Edition. Engraved portrait of author on verso before titlepage.
• "Remarks on the last edition of Shakspere's plays, 1778." from Letters of Literature by Robert Heron Esq.
  ESTC N2550. Western copy listed. Three letters (XVIII, XXVI and XXXVIII) from the author's "Letters of literature" extracted and bound separately.
• Comments on the last edition of Shakespeare's plays.
  ESTC T96923. Western copy listed.
• Essays on Shakespeare's dramatic characters of Richard the Third, King Lear, and Timon of Athens. To which are added, an essay on the faults of Shakespeare; and additional observations on the character of Hamlet. By Mr.Richardson.
  ESTC T136684. Western copy listed. ESTC notes With a half-title, two final advertisement leaves and an errata slip pasted to the foot of p.170. Half title and errata present, but advertisements are not.
• Dramatic Miscellanies...
  Approximate date. 3 vols. ESTC T90854. Western copy listed.
• Biographia dramatica; or, A companion to the playhouse: containing historical and critical memirs, and original anecdotes, of British and Irish dramatic writers, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions; among whom are some of the most celebrat
  2 volumes. First edition published anonymously, 1764, under title: "The companion to the playhouse"; 2d edition by I. Reed, 1782, under present title.
• Six old plays on which Shakspeare founded his Measure for measure, Comedy of errors, Taming the shrew, King John, K. Henry IV and K. Henry V., King Lear ... /
  2 vols. ESTC T4012. Western copy not listed. With reproductions of original title-pages. 2 vols. ESTC variant: Volume 2 divisional titlepage cancelled and the cancel titlepage has the third play as ’The true chronicle history of King Leir, ...’ and at foot is "Vol. II".
• Modern characters for 1778 by Shakespeare.
  ESTC N5158. Western copy listed. Passages extracted from the works of Shakespeare and applied to contemporary figures, arranged in alphabetical order.Folger notes: Passages extracted from the works of Shakespeare and applied to contemporary figures, identified by initials. Jaggard tentatively attributes to Sir H.B. and Lady Dudley. The Catalogue of the Dyce Collection suggests Lady Craven, Margravine of Ansbach. Halkett & Laing attributes to Cutts Barton. The same collection with different arrangement as: Modern characters for 1778. Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 562
• *The haunts of Shakespeare ; a poem.
  ESTCT413. Western copy not listed. Check copy for variant dedication.
• An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear
  ESTC N9398. Western copy listed.
• The morality of Shakespeare's drama illustrated. By Mrs. Griffith.
  ESTC T127561. Western Copy 2 not listed.
• The morality of Shakespeare's drama illustrated. By Mrs. Griffith.
  ESTC T127561. Western copy listed.
• The works of James Thomson. Volume 4
  ESTC N25554. ESTC lists 11 copies. Vol. 4 only from 4 volume set. Includes Edward and Elenora. Tancred and Sigismunda. Coriolanus.
• Poems written by Shakespear.
  ESTC T154268. Western copy listed and variants match those listed in ESTC.Folger notes: Issued individually, or as Vol. IX for Bell’s edition of Shakespeare’s plays, 1774. Date precedes booksellers’ names in imprint. Engraved title page. With a final leaf of advertisements for Bell. Folger also adds details on three similar issues of this edition.
• Cursory remarks on tragedy, on Shakespeare and on certain French and Italian poets, principally tragedians...
  Ascribed also to Edward Taylor.
• Introduction to the School of Shakespeare;held, on Wednesday evenings, in the Apollo, at the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar. To which is added a retort courteous on the criticks, as delivered at the second and third lectures.
  ESTC T6428. Western copy not listed. Folger notes: Author identified on p.[v] as William Kenrick. With a half-title and 2 pages at the end, listing Kenrick’s works.