Edited by James Boswell, the younger, to whom Malone left his materials for a new edition (Malone's first edition appeared in 1790 in 10 vols.) "'Boswell's Malone' is generally known as the 'third variorum' edition of Shakespeare". cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 35, p. 437. and v. 2. Prolegomena (cont'd): Malone's life of Shakspeare, comprehending an essay on the chronological order of his plays. Appendix. Shakspeare's coat of arms. Conveyance from Walker to Shakspeare. Shakspeare's mortgage. Declaration of trust, by Heminge, &c. Shakspeare's will. Extracts from Stratford register. Entries on the stationer's books. List of the early editions of Shakspeare. Dedication of the players, 1623. Preface of the players. Modern editions. Plays ascribed to Shakspeare. Plays altered from Shakspeare. Character of Aubrey, the antiquary.
BEIN 1997 70: Catchword on p. 8 intact. Regular paper issue., BEIN Ik P810 714 copy 1: Fine paper issue. Catchword p. 8: The 'e' has slipped above the line. Imperfect: Canto 5 plate bled at foreedge., Regular and fine paper issues. The regular paper issue has a watermark and the gutter margin on p. 9 is 1.5 cm. The fine paper issue has no watermark and the gutter margin on p. 9 is 2 cm., Signatures: A⁴ B-D⁸., The catchword on p. 8,'The', has several states, involving the slippage and disappearance of the 'h' and 'e'., and Title-page in red and black.
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Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys in Fleetstreet,
Title page in red and black., With a half-title., In this edition the last line of the Dunciad is correctly numbered 620., Horizontal chain lines., Signatures: [A]², B-E⁸, F⁴ (F4 blank), ²A-H⁸, I²., and One of ten volumes rebound in mottled calf by Riviere for Sir William Fraser (1826-1898), three of which are added volumes not Horace Walpole's. With Horace Walpole's bookplate 1 and press-mark K.5.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763 (marked 9 vols. but only 7 were sold); moved to the Glass Closet. Also with bookplates of Sir William Fraser, Beverly Chew, and James Wyckoff.
"A catalogue of the surreptitious and incorrect editions of Mr. Pope's letters": v. 7, p. [ix]-xi., General t.-p. in v. 1 only; each volume has special t.-p., Pope's translations of Homer are not included., and v. 1. Juvenile poems.--v. 2. Translations and imitations.--v. 3. Moral essays.--v. 4. Satires, &c.--v. 5. The Dunciad, in four books.--v. 6. Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose.--v. 7-9. Letters.
Leaf O2 is a cancel., Port. signed: Geo. Vertue sculpsit., Signatures: pi⁴ a-c⁴ B-N⁴ O⁴(±O2) P-3I⁴ 3K²(3K2 blank)., Thick paper copy. Imperfect: half-title wanting. Printed receipt for first payment on subscription for Pope's Iliad, filled in to Richard Caryll and signed by Pope, mounted on front paste-down. Bookseller's label: Brick Row Book Shop., Vol. 1 only., and With half title.
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Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates,
Subject (Name):
Caryll, Richard--Ms. notes and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Autograph
Errata on p. [1] at end., Made-up volume bound in 2 v. with groups r, s and t as per Griffith 372 (on thin paper; half-title (A2) of group r, on thick paper, bound in at front of 2:2), groups u (on thin paper) and v (on thick paper; quire C² on thin paper) as per Griffith 514, and groups s and u (on thick paper) as per Griffith 515., Signatures: A⁴ [superscript chi]B⁴ B-I⁴ K²(-K2) [superscript chi]K²(-K1) ²K2(K1+[superscript chi]A²), ²G-I⁴ ³[superscript chi]K²(-K1), ³B-C⁴ D² *F²(-*F2) F-K⁴, ⁴A-L⁴, ⁵A⁴ B⁴(-B4), ⁶B-2H⁴ [²[superscript chi]K1 signed K2]., The sheets of this edition were reissued, possibly in 1739, in a number of made-up copies in thick paper which include, in varying combinations, other separately published pieces by Pope up to 1738, (see Griffith, R.H. Pope, 514)., Title page in red and black., and With a half-title.
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Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head in Fleetstreet,
A reissue of the Tonson edition of 1723. and BEIN Osborn fpc13: Copious manuscript notes by Styan Thirlby.
Publisher:
Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
Daniell, G,--Rev.--Presentation inscription to Shoreham Collegiate Institute, Keppel, Frederick,--1762-1830--Bookplate, Lancing College.--Library--Bookplate, S. Nicolas College.--Library--Ownership, Shoreham Collegiate Institute--Presentation inscription from G. Daniell, Thirlby, Styan,--ca. 1686-1753--Ms. notes, and Way, G. L.--(Gregory Lewis),--d. 1799--Bookplate (BEIN 1975 +53)
A reissue of the Tonson edition of 1723. and BEIN Osborn fpc13: Copious manuscript notes by Styan Thirlby.
Publisher:
Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
Daniell, G,--Rev.--Presentation inscription to Shoreham Collegiate Institute, Keppel, Frederick,--1762-1830--Bookplate, Lancing College.--Library--Bookplate, S. Nicolas College.--Library--Ownership, Shoreham Collegiate Institute--Presentation inscription from G. Daniell, Thirlby, Styan,--ca. 1686-1753--Ms. notes, and Way, G. L.--(Gregory Lewis),--d. 1799--Bookplate (BEIN 1975 +53)
Contains the Chandos portrait, views of the Westminster abbey monument and Stratford bust (the latter altered as in Pope's edition), and an engraving to each play, all by Gravelot after Hayman., Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer, who followed Pope's edition of 1723-25., The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only; v. 2-6 have title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear...1743[-44]., and V.1. Preface. Mr. Pope's preface. Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespeare, by N. Rowe. Comedies:: The tempest. A midsummer night's dream. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing.
