The works of Mr. William Shakespear : in eight volumes : adorn'd with cutts
William Shakespeare (Author), Nicholas Rowe (Editor), John Hughes (Editor, Attributed name), Jacob Tonson (Bookseller), James Knapton (Bookseller), Daniel Midwinter (Bookseller), Arthur Bettesworth (Bookseller), William Taylor (Bookseller), Jonas Browne (Bookseller), Louis Du Guernier (Printmaker), Elisha Kirkall (Printmaker), T. Varnam and J. Osborn (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, MDCCXIV [1714]
Printed for J. Tonson, and are to be sold by J. Knapton and D. Midwinter in St. Paul's Church-yard; A. Betsworth on London Bridge; W. Taylor in Pater-noster-Row; T. Varnam and J. Osborn in Lombard Street; and J. Browne near Temple-Bar, London, MDCCXIV [1714]
8 v. : ill., port. (engravings) ; 16 cm (12mo)
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v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing
v. 2. Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well
v. 3. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1
v. 4. King Henry IV. Part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI
v. 5. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus
v. 6. Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet
v. 7. King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline
v. 8. Pericles ; London prodigal ; Thomas, Lord Cromwell ; Sir John Oldcastle ; Puritan ; Yorkshire tragedy ; Locrine
Contains the plays only
Tonson published two issues in 8 volumes in 1714, each with the same setting of type, distinguished by different imprints. He also added a ninth volume and reissued this edition in a 9-volume set in 1714
Not the same editorial content as Rowe's 1709 edition, despite his name on the title page. Probably edited by John Hughes. See Bouchard, M.D.S. "A Revised Account of the 1714 Works of Mr. William Shakespear," in PBSA 115:4 (Dec 2021), 419-461
General title page in v. 1 only. Individual volume title pages bear the imprint "printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, MDCCXIV"; individual play title pages bear imprint "Printed in the year MDCCXIV."
Engraved plates lettered: Lud du Guernier sculp.; many of the unlettered plates engraved by Kirkall; some plates inserted following individual t.p
Vol. 1. Signatures: A¹² a¹² b⁶ B-S¹²; S11,12 blank. Pagination: [20], XL, 403, [5] p., [8] leaves of plates; frontispiece is leaf A1 -- v. 2. Signatures: A-S¹² T⁶. Pagination: 442, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates -- v. 3. Signatures: A-Q¹² R⁶. Pagination: 395, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 4. Signatures: A-S¹². Pagination: 431, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 5. Signatures: A-T¹² U⁶. Pagination: 467, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 6. Signatures: A-R¹²; R12 blank. Pagination: 406, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 7. Signatures: A-Q¹². Pagination: 384 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 8. Signatures: A-R¹² S⁶. Pagination: 397, [23] p., [7] leaves of plates
Not in Jaggard, W. Shakepseare bibliography
Index of speeches in v. 8
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