An edition of Plays (36) (1623)

The plays

of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The third edition, revised and augmented by the editor of Dodsley's collection of old plays.

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An edition of Plays (36) (1623)

The plays

of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The third edition, revised and augmented by the editor of Dodsley's collection of old plays.

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aka The First Folio

Contains 36 plays:
All’s Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
King Lear
King Richard II
King Richard III
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter’s Tale

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printed for C. Bathurst, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Son, L. Davis, W. Owen [and 25 others in London]

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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
1968 02, Yale University Press
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Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies: 1623
1964, University Microfilms Limited
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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
1955-01, Yale University Press
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Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies: faithfully reproduced in facsimile from the edition of 1623
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A new variorum edition of Shakespeare
1871, J.B. Lippincott & co.
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The family Shakespeare, in one volume: in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family
1847, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans
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The plays: of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The third edition, revised and augmented by the editor of Dodsley's collection of old plays.
1785, printed for C. Bathurst, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Son, L. Davis, W. Owen [and 25 others in London]
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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies
1641, Printed by Tho Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the blacke Beare in Pauls Church yard
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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies
1632, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard
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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies
1623, Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount
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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies.
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Table of Contents

Vol. 1. Prefaces, The tempest; The two gentlemen of Verona; The merry wives of Windsor --
Vol. 2. Measure for measure; Comedy of errors; Much ado about nothing; Love's labour lost --
Vol. 3. Midsummer night's dream; Merchant of Venice; As you like it; Taming the shrew --
Vol. 4. All's well that ends well; Twelfth night; Winter's tale; Macbeth --
Vol. 5. King John; King Richard II; King Henry IV. Part I; King Henry IV. Part II --
Vol. 6. King Henry V; King Henry VI. Part I; King Henry VI. Part II; King Henry VI. Part III --
Vol. 7. King Richard III; King Henry VIII; Coriolanus --
Vol. 8. Julius Cæsar; Antony and Cleopatra; Timon of Athens; Titus Andronicus --
Vol. 9. Troilus and Cressida; Cymbeline; King Lear --
Vol. 10. Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello.

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Eighteenth Century -- reel 10488, no. 01.

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