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The works of Shakespear

William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope (Editor), Robert Martin (Printer), Alexander Donaldson (Bookseller), Robert Goadby (Bookseller), Richard Bond (Bookseller), M. Morgan (Bookseller), Thomas Smith (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, 1768
Printed and sold by Robert Martin, Birmingham, 1768
9 volumes frontispiece (portrait) 18 cm
1029925235
V. 1. The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. The merchant of Venice. Love's labour's lost
v. 3. As you like it. The taming of the shrew. All's well, that ends well. Twelfth-night: or, What you will
v. 4. The comedy of errors. The winter's tale. The life and death of King John. King Richard II
v. 5. King Henry IV, pt. I-II. King Henry V. King Henry VI, pt. I
v. 6. King Henry VI, pt. II-III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII
v. 7. King Lear. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus. Macbeth
v. 8. Coriolanus. Julius Cesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline
v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Signatures: v. 1. 2 leaves unsigned, B-N¹², O¹⁰ (1st leaf, general title page, wanting; L₂, ₅ incorrectly signed 2L, L₆, respectively); v. 2. 1 leaf unsigned, B-P¹², Q⁸ (B₄ incorrectly signed A₄); v. 3. 3 leaves unsigned, B-P¹², Q⁴ (B₄ incorrectly signed B₁); v. 4. 2 leaves unsigned, B-P¹² (K₃, ₄ incorrectly signed K₅, H₄, respectively); v. 5. B-R¹², S⁵ (F₃ incorrectly signed F₂); v. 6. 1 leaf unsigned, B-S¹²; v. 7. B-P¹², Q⁶ (C₂, ₄, ₆, incorrectly signed G₂, ₄, ₆, respectively); v. 8. A-R¹², S⁸; v. 9. A⁴, B-T¹², U⁵ (B₃, F₆, G₄ incorrectly signed B₂, E₆, G₅, respectively)
Vol. 1 has added general t.p.: The works of Shakespear; in nine volumes. With notes selected from the best authors, explanatory, and critical
Imperfect copy: general title page wanting in v. 1
Numerous errors in paging
Issued originally in monthly parts
Cf. Jaggard, William. Shakespeare bibliography. Stratford-on-Avon, 1911, p. 502