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The plays of William Shakspeare. In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators. To which are added notes

Print Book, English, 1793
The 4th ed. View all formats and editions
T. Longman, London, 1793
15 volumes illustrations, plates, facsimile, tables 23 cm
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V. 1. Advertisement. Rowe's Life of Shakspeare. Additional anecdotes &c. Stratford register. Shakspeare's coat of arms; mortgages; will. Dedication and Preface by Hemings and Condell. Prefaces by: Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, Steevens. Prefaces by: Capell, Mason, Malone, Reed. Entries of Shakspeare's plays on the Stationers' registers. List of editions of Shakspeare's plays. List of editions of Shakspeare's poems. List of altered plays from Shakspeare. Criticisms on Shakspeare, &c. Chronological order of Shakspeare's plays. Malone's essay on Ford's pamphlet, &c. Steevens's remarks on it
v. 2. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakspeare. Colman's remarks on it. Catalogue of ancient translations from the Greek and Roman classicks, by Steevens. Malone's Historical account of the English stage. Steevens's additions. Commendatory verses
v. 3. Glossarial index. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor
v. 4. Twelfth night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing
v. 5. Midsummer night's dream. Love's labours lost. Merchant of Venice
v. 6. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew
v. 7. Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth
v. 8. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. I
v. 9. Henry IV, pt. II. Henry V. Henry VI, pt. I
v. 10. Henry VI, pts. II-III. Dissertation, &c. Richard III
v. 11. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens
v. 12. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Anthony and Cleopatra
v. 13. Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles
v. 14. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet
v. 15. Hamlet. Othello
The editor of Dodsley's Collection of old plays = Isaac Reed.