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The works of William Shakspeare : in nine volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and others

Print Book, English, 1810-1812
Third Boston, from the fifth London edition View all formats and editions
Printed by Munroe, Francis & Parker, for themselves ; Ezra Sargeant ; Hopkins & Earle, Boston, New-York, Philadelphia, 1810-1812
Advertisements Connecticut New Haven 19th century
9 v. : ill., 1 port. (wood engravings) ; 19 cm (12mo)
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v. 1. Tempest; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors
v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost
v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline
v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
v. 9. Pericles ; Venus and Adonis ; Tarquin and Lucrece ; Poems on several occasions
"Munroe, Francis & Parker's third edition" (colophon v. 1)
With vol. half-titles and vol. title pages; plays and poems with divisional titles
Plays paginated separately
Portrait and wood engravings (one plate to each play) by Dr. A. Anderson. Cf. Jaggard
Vols. 1-4 dated 1810; vols. 5-6 dated 1811; vols. 7-9 dated 1812
Some account of Shakspeare's life and writings by Rowe, and Johnson's preface in v. 1. Addenda to the plays preceding the poems in v. 9