An edition of Plays (36) (1623)

Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies

set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo : with an introduction : whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, Notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire.

by William Shakespeare

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An edition of Plays (36) (1623)

Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies

set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo : with an introduction : whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, Notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire.

by William Shakespeare

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aka The First Folio

Contains 36 plays:
All’s Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
King Lear
King Richard II
King Richard III
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter’s Tale

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Publish Date

1767

Publisher

Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson ...

Language

English

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01 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies 1968 02, Yale University Press Hardcover in English - A facsimile ed.; 5th printing	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
02 Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies: 1623 1964, University Microfilms Limited Hardcover in English	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
03 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies 1955-01, Yale University Press Hardcover in English - Facsimile edition, 3rd printing	bbbb Read Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
04 Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies: faithfully reproduced in facsimile from the edition of 1623 1910, Methuen Hardcover in English	bbbb Read Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
05 A new variorum edition of Shakespeare 1871, J.B. Lippincott & co. in English	bbbb Read Listen
06 The family Shakespeare, in one volume: in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family 1847, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans in English - 9th edition	bbbb Read Listen
07 Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies: set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo : with an introduction : whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, Notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire. 1767, Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson ... in English	aaaa Not in Library
08 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies 1641, Printed by Tho Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the blacke Beare in Pauls Church yard in English - The second impression.	bbbb Read Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
09 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies 1632, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard in English - The second impression.	bbbb Read Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
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v. 1. Introduction. Poems upon the author. Table of his editions. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v. 2. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost.- v. 3. A midsummer night's dream. The merchant of Venice. As you like it. The taming of the shrew.- v. 4. All's well, that ends well. Twelfth-night. The winter's tale. Macbeth.

v. 5. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, Parts I-II.- v. 6. Henry V. Henry VI, Parts I-III.- v. 7. Richard III. Henry VIII. Coriolanus.- v. 8. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello.

Edition Notes

Edited by Edward Capell.

General t.p. in v. 1 only; each vol. has special t.p.: The works of Shakespeare ...

Colophon (v. 10): From the press of Dryden Leach ... Febr. 23. 1768.

Each play has separate paging.

The "Notes and various readings to Shakespeare" (3 v.) were printed in London by H. Hughs (1779-1783?)

RBSC copy 2: Ex libris S.T. Fisher.

Published in: London
Other Titles: Works of Shakespeare

The Physical Object

Pagination: 10 v. :
Number of pages: 10

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL21819286M

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Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies

set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo : with an introduction : whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, Notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire.

by William Shakespeare