The works of Mr. William Shakespear : in six volumes : adorn'd with cuts : revis'd and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author / by N. Rowe, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Plays. 1709

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Paul, Henry N. (donor) (copy 1)

Ketterlinus, J. L. and E. B. (bookplate) (copy 1)

Physical Description:

6 volumes (12 unnumbered pages, XL, 3324 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Jacob Tonson ..., 1709.

Notes:

This is the first edition of the "Works" to appear after the first four folios, and the first one illustrated. The text is based upon the fourth folio.

Herbert L. Ford, in Shakespeare 1700-1740: a collation of the editions and separate plays. Oxford, 1935, p. 2-3, claims that there were two printings of Tonson's 1709 edition. A comparison of HRC'S three complete (and two partial) sets of this edition with Ford's distinguishing points of the two printings reveals that each set is composed of sheets from both printings, and that in many cases individual volumes are composed of sheets from both printings. Possibly the printings were not discrete.

Paged continuously; numerous errors in paging.

The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only; v. 2-6 have title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear. Volume the Second [etc.]. (The latter title appears also in v. 1 as added t.p.) Each play has special t.p.

The frontispiece of v. 1 is a portrait of Shakespeare engraved by M: V. Dr. Gucht.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials.

All vols. have V.T. with imprint: London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Grays-Inn Gate. 1709.

Cited in:

ESTC T138297

OCLC:

3127497