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The plays of William Shakspeare : in six volumes : printed from the text of Isaac Reed, Esq

William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, John Boyd (Engraver), Joseph Delaplaine (Publisher), Joseph T. Buckingham (Printer), Charles Williams (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1813
Published by Charles Williams; and by Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia. J.T. Buckingham, printer, Boston, 1813
6 v. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 14 cm. (8vo)
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v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; All's well that ends well
v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale
v. 3. Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V
v. 4. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus
v. 5. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 6. Cymbeline ; Romeo and Juliet ; King Lear ; Hamlet ; Othello
Printer information from colophon; "Boston" follows address
Added engraved title pages with imprint: Published by Charles Williams, Boston & Eastburn, Kirk & Co., New York. Another issue in 6 volumes exists with the added engraved title pages bearing the imprint: Published by Charles Williams, Boston & Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, 1813. Both issues in 6 volumes were printed on the same types as The plays of William Shakspeare complete in one volume, published by Charles Williams, 1813 [i.e. 1814]