A new edition, revised by Charles Gildon, appeared 1699 under title: The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets., Based on his "New catalogue of English plays, London, 1688 [Dec. 1687]" an unauthorized edition of which had appeared a month earlier under title: Momus triumphans: or, The plagiaries of the English stage., BEIN: Interleaved and bound to 38 cm. (Osborn fpb38), BEIN: With J.M. Osborn's ms. notes from W. Oldys, T. Percy, G. Steevens, and E. Malone. (Osborn fpb38), and Signatures: a⁸A-Oo⁸.
Publisher:
Printed by L.L. for G. West and H. Clements,
Subject (Name):
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812, Oldys, William, 1696-1761, Osborn, James Marshall, Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811, and Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Subject (Topic):
English drama--Bio-bibliography, Opera--Bio-bibliography, and Theater--Great Britain
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., and 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.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin for J. Rivington and Sons [etc.]
Subject (Name):
Baker, Ernest E.--Bookplate, Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889--Ms. notes, and Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
