The beauties of Shakespear : regularly selected from each play, with a general index, digesting them under proper heads ; illustrated with explanatory notes, and similar passages from ancient and modern authors
William Shakespeare, William Dodd, William Adair (Former owner)
Print Book, English, MDCCLII [1752]
Printed for T. Waller ..., London, MDCCLII [1752]
2 v. (xxii, [2], 258, [6] ; 17 cm. (12mo) [4], 252, [8] p.
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Vol. 1 contains selections from the comedies and from Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline and Hamlet. Vol. 2 contains selections from the history plays and the remaining tragedies