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The works of Shakespear : in six volumes / collated and corrected by the former editions, by Mr. Pope.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection Folio PR2752 .P7 1725 copy 2 v.1-7
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. 1725
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Subscription lists (Publishing) -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor) (copies 1 & 2)
- Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (copies 1 & 2)
- Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (honoree) (copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 7 volumes : illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Works of Mr. William Shakespear
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, in the Strand, 1725.
- Notes:
- A reissue of the Tonson edition of 1723, with a cancel general titlepage and the original titlepages to vols. 2-6 bearing the imprint: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1723.
- Vols. 2-6 have title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear.
- A supplementary volume (of poems) was issued in 1725, "To which is prefix'd, an essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England [by C. Gildon] ... The whole revis'd and corrected, with a preface by Dr. Sewell. London, Printed by J. Darby for A. Bettesworth [etc.]"
- Rowe's life of Shakespeare: v. 1, p. [xxv]-xli.
- "The names of the subscribers"--p. [xlvi]-[lii].
- Local Notes:
- Copy 1 imperfect: vol. 7 wanting.
- Cited in:
- ESTC (RLIN) N26060
- OCLC:
- 248972099
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