The plays of William Shakespeare : in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added notes by Sam. Johnson.

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Title: The plays of William Shakespeare : in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added notes by Sam. Johnson.
Alternative Title: Plays
Creator: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver
Published / Created: 1765
Publication Place: London :
Publisher: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, T. Longman, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and the executors of B. Dodd,
Description: The second of two editions printed in London in 1765. Woodfall is listed as the second bookseller in the imprint for v. 1-2; Corbet is listed as the second bookseller in the imprint for v. 3-8; Longman does not appear in the imprint for v. 3-8; Johnson's preface is paginated continuously with other prefatory matter: [v]-clv [i.e. clxxv]; half titles present in all volumes; no cancelled leaves.
Variant with numerous differences in press figures; cf. Fleeman and Eddy. Vol. 8 extra-illustrated with 5 original watercolors, newspaper clipping and 1773 Edwards plate. Autograph in vol. 1: E. Bowright.
Vol. 1 has added t.p.
Extent: 1 v. : port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 2002 521

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: mixed material
Genre: engravings (AAT)
Frontispieces (Illustrations)
portraits (AAT)
title pages (AAT)

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
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Citation: Eddy, D. Johnson's editions of Shakespeare (PBSA 56 (1962): 428-444)
ESTC (RLIN) N12071
Fleeman, J.D. Johnson, 65.10SP/2b

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 1246346
Object ID (OID): 10000371