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The works of Mr. William Shakespear : in six volumes ; adorn'd with cuts copy 2 v.5

by: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Publication date: 1709

Topics: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616., Printed books -- England -- London -- 18th century -- Specimens, McGill University Library Digitized Title, Rare Books and Special Collections - Main Collection, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Publisher: London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate, next Grays-Inn Lane

Collection: mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityrarebooks; toronto

Contributor: McGill University Library

Language: English

6 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)

6 v. : 20 cm (8vo)

The first edition published after the four folios; the text is based on the fourth folio

Contains the plays only

This is the ordinary paper issue with gutter margin 10 mm; height of text block 19.5 cm. There is also a large paper issue in 6 v. with gutter margins of 16 mm and text block heights of 22.5 cm

There are two issues of the 1709 works printed on ordinary paper in 6 volumes. This is the first issue, where v. 1, leaf A1, the armorial headpiece is present and signature A is under the 'G' of "Goodness"; v. 6, signature A4 is under "here." See Ford p. 10-11 for a full description of differences between the two issues

Vol. 1. Signatures: pi² A⁴ a-b⁸ c⁴ B-2G⁸. Pagination: [12], XL, 463, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates. -- v. 2. Signatures: [A]1 B-2K⁸. Pagination: [5], 468-975, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates. -- v. 3. Signatures: [A]1 B-2N⁸. Pagination: [5], 980-1535, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates. -- v. 4. Signatures: [A]1 B-2L⁸ M⁴. Pagination: [5], 1540-2072 p., [7] leaves of plates. -- v. 5. Signatures: [A]1 B-2O⁸. Pagination: [5], 2076-2647, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates. -- v. 6. Signatures: A⁸ ( -A1) B-2N⁸. Pagination: [5], 2656-3324 p., [10] leaves of plates

With a general title page in volume 1; each volume with a volume title page; each play with an individual play title page with the imprint: Printed in the year 1709

Engraved portrait frontispiece plate lettered: M. Vdr. Gucht sculp.; frontispiece included in each volume. Engravings for plays lettered for pagination, attributed to artist Boitard and engraver Kirkall (see H.A. Hammelmann, Shakespeare's first illustrators, Apollo, supplement "notes on British art" p. 1-4, August 1968)

Paged continuously; numerous errors in paging

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 2. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale -- v. 3. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1 ; King Henry IV. Part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1 ; King Henry VI. Part 2 -- v. 4. King Henry VI. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 5. Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King Lear ; Othello -- v. 6. Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles ; London prodigal ; Thomas, Lord Cromwell ; Sir John Oldcastle ; Puritan ; Yorkshire tragedy ; Locrine

Addeddate: 2021-06-17 20:06:34

Associated-names: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller; Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, printmaker; Boitard, François, approximately 1670-approximately 1715, printmaker; Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742, illustrator

Identifier: McGillLibrary-rbsc_shakespear_PR2752R81709_edition2_v5-20543

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t6xx62787

Lccn: 05040939

Note: The first edition published after the four folios; the text is based on the fourth folio.
Contains the plays only.
This is the ordinary paper issue with gutter margin 10 mm; height of text block 19.5 cm. There is also a large paper issue in 6 v. with gutter margins of 16 mm and text block heights of 22.5 cm.
There are two issues of the 1709 works printed on ordinary paper in 6 volumes. This is the first issue, where v. 1, leaf A1, the armorial headpiece is present and signature A is under the 'G' of "Goodness"; v. 6, signature A4 is under "here." See Ford p. 10-11 for a full description of differences between the two issues.
Vol. 1. Signatures: pi² A⁴ a-b⁸ c⁴ B-2G⁸. Pagination: [12], XL, 463, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates. -- v. 2. Signatures: [A]1 B-2K⁸. Pagination: [5], 468-975, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates. -- v. 3. Signatures: [A]1 B-2N⁸. Pagination: [5], 980-1535, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates. -- v. 4. Signatures: [A]1 B-2L⁸ M⁴. Pagination: [5], 1540-2072 p., [7] leaves of plates. -- v. 5. Signatures: [A]1 B-2O⁸. Pagination: [5], 2076-2647, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates. -- v. 6. Signatures: A⁸ ( -A1) B-2N⁸. Pagination: [5], 2656-3324 p., [10] leaves of plates.
With a general title page in volume 1; each volume with a volume title page; each play with an individual play title page with the imprint: Printed in the year 1709.
Engraved portrait frontispiece plate lettered: M. Vdr. Gucht sculp.; frontispiece included in each volume. Engravings for plays lettered for pagination, attributed to artist Boitard and engraver Kirkall (see H.A. Hammelmann, Shakespeare's first illustrators, Apollo, supplement "notes on British art" p. 1-4, August 1968).
Paged continuously; numerous errors in paging.
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 2. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale -- v. 3. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1 ; King Henry IV. Part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1 ; King Henry VI. Part 2 -- v. 4. King Henry VI. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 5. Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King Lear ; Othello -- v. 6. Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles ; London prodigal ; Thomas, Lord Cromwell ; Sir John Oldcastle ; Puritan ; Yorkshire tragedy ; Locrine.
ESTCT138294
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740,p. 10-11
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography,p. 497
One copy, old diced calf, gilt double-fillet borders, leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges (defective spines); this set has v. 1 sig. A under "G" for "Goodness," v. 6 sig. A4 under "here" of "where," 2 cherubs in the headpiece for the third pt. of Henry VI in v. 4 (cf. ESTC T138296, T139294, T138297); ms. annotation, v. 1, signed J.W.C. 1841, describes this as a cropped large paper copy (in keeping, along with the features noted above, with ESTC T138296); armorial bookplate of John, Duke of Montague.
Provenance of one set: Sidney Thomson Fisher; contemporary panelled calf: central panel outlined in blind fillets and a decorative border within a fleuron-cornered panel bordered by a fillet-bordered outer section (faded, worn), red sprinkled tail and fore edges; imperfect copy: split joints, sides detached on vols. 2, 4-5; front flyleaf of v. 1 glued to front pastedown, obscuring the ms. annotations on flyleaves.
Sidney Fisher set has v. 1 sig. A under o in "Goodness", v. 6 sig. A4 under "wher" of "where", 2 cherubs in the headpiece for the third pt. of Henry VI in v. 4.