The plays of William Shakspeare / with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added, notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens ; revised and augmented by Isaac Reed ; with a glossarial index.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812.

Reed, Isaac.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Steevens, George, 1736-1800.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 9342.

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18593.

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18594.

Standardized Title:

Plays

Language:

English

Physical Description:

17 volumes : portrait, facsimile ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : C. and A. Conrad & Co., 1805-09 [v. 1, 1809]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

v. 1. Prolegomena

Advertisement / by Mr. Reed

Advertisement / by Steevens

Preface to Mr. Richardson's proposals

Supplement to the proposals of Mr. Richardson

Advertisement / by Mr. Steevens (1793)

Rowe's life of Shakespeare

Anecdotes from Oldys

Baptisms, marriages, &c.

Shakespeare's coat of arms

Shakespeare's mortgage

Shakespeare's will

Dedication / by Hemings and Condell

Preface / by Hemings and Condell

Preface / by Johnson

Preface / by Pope

Advertisement to 20 plays / by Steevens

Introduction / by Capell

Preface / by M. Mason

Advertisement / by Reed

Preface / by Malone

Preface / by Theobald

Farmer's essay on the learning of Shakespeare

Commendatory verses.

Notes:

Publishers vary: v. 2-8, H. Maxwell and T.S. Manning; v. 9-17, J. Morgan and T.S. Manning.

Edited by Joseph Dennie. cf. Shakespeare bibliography / Wm. Jaggard; Catalogue of the Barton collection / Boston Public Library, I, p. 6.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 9342).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18593).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18594).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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