The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, in ten volumes; collated verbatim with the most authentick copies, and revised: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added, an essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry VI.; an historical account of the English stage; and notes; by Edmond Malone ...

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, in ten volumes; collated verbatim with the most authentick copies, and revised: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added, an essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry VI.; an historical account of the English stage; and notes; by Edmond Malone ...


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Title
The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, in ten volumes; collated verbatim with the most authentick copies, and revised: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added, an essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry VI.; an historical account of the English stage; and notes; by Edmond Malone ...
Alternative Title
Works. 1790
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Contributor
Baker, Ernest E.--Bookplate
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889--Ms. notes
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
Published / Created
1790
Publication Place
London,
Publisher
Printed by H. Baldwin for J. Rivington and Sons [etc.]
Description
The above title occurs only in v. 1, pt. 1; v. 1, pt. 2; v. 10 have only: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare.
v. 1, pt. 1. Prolegomena: Preface. Preface by Johnson. Advertisement by Steevens. Catalogue of the earliest translations from the Greek and Roman classicks, by Steevens. Preface by Pope. Dedication by Heminge and Condell to the folio, 1623. Preface by the same. Rowe's life of Shakspeare, augmented by Malone. Anecdotes of Shakspeare, from Oldys's mss. &c. Baptisms [etc.] of the Shakspeare family extracted from the registers of Stratford-upon-Avon, by Malone. Shakspeare's coat of arms. Shakspeare's will. Shakspeare's mortgage. Ancient and modern commendatory verses on Shakspeare. Editions of Shakspeare's plays. Editions of his Poems. Dramatick pieces on which plays were formed by Shakspeare. List of plays altered from Shakspeare. Detached pieces of criticism on Shakspeare, his editors, &c. Entries of Shakspeare's plays and poems] in the Stationer's registers, extracted by Steevens. Essay on the order of time in which the plays were written. Shakspeare, Ford and Jonson.--v. 1, pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor.--v. 2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. A midsummer-nights dream.--v. 3. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Pericles, prince of Tyre.--v. 4. Twelfth-night. Winter's tale. Macbeth. King John.--v. 5. Richard II. Henry IV, part first and second. Henry V.--v. 6. Henry VI, part first, second, and third. A dissertation on the three parts of King Henry VI. Richard III.--v. 7. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus. Julius Cæsar. Anthony and Cleopatra.--v. 8. Timon of Athens. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.--v. 9. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello.--v. 10. Venus and Adonis. Rape of Lucrece. Sonnets. Passionate pilgrim. Lover's complaint. Titus Andronicus. Romeus and Juliet. Appendix. Glossarial index.
V.1, pt.1-2 only; bookplate: From the Library of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., &c., which was bequeathed to his Nephew and Executor, Ernest E. Baker, F.S.A., January, 1889; ms. notes by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps; unidentified autograph.
Extent
11 v. fronts. (v. 1, 10) illus., plates (1 fold.) ports., facsims. 20 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn pd290

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Annotations (Provenance)--19th century
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name)
Baker, Ernest E.--Bookplate
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889--Ms. notes
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812

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1737754
Object ID (OID)
17274588

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