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100 1 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616.
240 10 $aPlays.$f1765
245 14 $aThe plays of William Shakespeare :$bin eight volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators /$cto which are added notes by Sam. Johnson.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for J. and R. Tonson; H. Woodfall; J. Rivington; R. Baldwin; L. Hawes, Clark and Collins; T. Longman; W. Johnston; T. Caslon; C. Corbet; T. Lownds; and the Executors of B. Dodd,$cM,DCC,LXV. [1765]
300 $a8 v. :$b1 port. (engraving) ;$c23 cm (8vo)
500 $aThe second of two 1765 editions with different settings of type; in this edition Woodfall is listed as the second bookseller in the imprints of volumes 1-2, and Johnson's preface is paged continuously with other prefatory matter, [i]-clv [i.e. clxxv].
500 $aContains the plays only.
500 $aVol. 1 with a general title page. Volumes 1-8 with dated volume title pages. Volumes 2-8 with volume divisional-titles reading: "the plays of William Shakespeare". All plays with a half-title.
500 $aEngraved frontispiece lettered: G. Vertue sculpsit.
500 $aVol. 1 with the prefaces of Johnson, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, and Warburton, and Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe. Vol. 8 with an appendix.
500 $aPart of v. 2-4 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed; William Strahan printed v. 7-8, and [John?] Reeves printed part of v. 4.
505 0 $av. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Measure for measure ; Merchant of Venice -- v. 2. As you like it ; Love's labour's lost ; Winter's tale ; Twelfth-night ; Merry wives of Windsor -- v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; All's well that ends well ; King John -- v. 4. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1 -- v. 5. King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 6. King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Coriolanus -- v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
510 4 $aBoston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue,$cShakespeare p. 3
510 4 $aESTC$cN12071
510 4 $aJaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography,$cp. 501
510 4 $aMaslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers,$c4559
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in brown morocco and papier tourniquet (as described by Wolfe in Marbled papers). Vol. 2 has been rebacked in the same manner as all other volumes, but retains earlier sprinkled calf boards, as bound, by James Mackenzie. All top edges are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedowns.
655 7 $aArmorial Bookplates (Provenance)$2rbprov
655 7 $aSigned bindings (Binding)$2rbbin
700 1 $aJohnson, Samuel,$d1709-1784,$eeditor.
700 1 $aPope, Alexander,$d1688-1744,$eauthor of introduction.
700 1 $aHanmer, Thomas,$cSir,$d1677-1746,$eauthor of introduction.
700 1 $aTheobald,$cMr.$q(Lewis),$d1688-1744,$eauthor of introduction.
700 1 $aWarburton, William,$d1698-1779,$eauthor of introduction.
700 1 $aRowe, Nicholas,$d1674-1718,$eauthor of introduction.
700 1 $aWoodfall, H.$q(Henry),$d-1767,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aRivington, John,$d1720-1792,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aBaldwin, Richard,$d1724-1770,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aLongman, Thomas,$d1731-1797,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aJohnston, W.$q(William),$d-1804,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aCaslon, Thomas,$d-1783,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aCorbet, Charles,$cSir,$d1734-1808,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aLowndes, Thomas,$d1719-1784,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aStrahan, William,$d1715-1785,$eprinter.
700 1 $aReeves, John,$d-1767,$eprinter.
700 1 $aVertue, George,$d1684-1756,$eengraver.
700 1 $aBarton, Thomas Pennant,$d1803-1869,$eformer owner.
710 2 $aJ. and R. Tonson,$ebookseller.
710 2 $aHawes, Clarke and Collins,$ebookseller.
710 2 $aExecutors of B. Dodd (London, England),$ebookseller.
710 2 $aW. Bowyer and J. Nichols (London, England),$eprinter.
730 0 $aThomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
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