An edition of Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] (1730)

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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An edition of Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] (1730)

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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Contains 44 works:

PLAYS (37)
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, the Moor of Venice
Pericles, prince of Tyre
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the shrew
Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth night; or what you will
Two gentlemen of Verona
Winter's tale

POEMS (7)
Lover's Complaint
Passionate Pilgrim
Phoenix and the Turtle
Rape of Lucrece
Sonnets
Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music
Venus and Adonis

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Pages
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Sycorax, Iris, Ceres, Juno, Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Don Pedro, Don John, Claudio, Benedick, Leonato, Balthasar, Borachio, Conrade, Friar Francis, Dogberry, Verges, A Sexton, A Boy, Hero, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursula, Messengers, Watch, Attendants, Claudius, Hamlet, Polonius, Horatio, Laertes, Voltimand, Cornelius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Osric, Gentleman, Priest, Marcellus, Bernardo, Francisco, Reynaldo, Players, Two Clowns, Fortinbras, Captain, English Ambassadors, Gertrude, Ophelia, Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Ghost of Hamlet's father, Juliet Capulet, Romeo Montague, Escalus, Mercutio, Paris, Lady Montague, Benvolio, Abram, Lady Capulet, Tybalt, Sampson, Peter, Gregory, Friar Lawrence, Friar John, Romeo (Fictitious character), Juliet (Fictitious character)
Places
Italy, Naples, Carthage, Messina, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, Russia, Verona, Verona (Italy), Milan

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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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The above title occurs only v. 1, pt. 1; v.1. pt. 2 - v. 10 have only: The plays and poems of William Shakespeare

Merry wives of Windsor.--v. 2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. A midsummer-night's 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. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part first. King Henry IV, part second. King Henry V.--v. 6. King Henry VI, part first. King Henry VI, part second. King Henry VI, part third. A dissertation on the three parts of King Henry VI. King Richard III.--v. 7. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony 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. A lover's complaint. Titus Andronicus. Romeus and Juliet. Appendix. Glossarial index

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10 v. in 11.
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