The works of Mr. William Shakespear; : in six volumes. Adorn'd with cuts. / Revis'd and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author. By N. Rowe, Esq;.

Creator:

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Published/Created:

London: :
Printed for Jacob Tonson ...,
1709.

Physical Description:

1 v. ill., port. 20 cm. (8vo)

Notes:

Herbert L. Ford, in Shakespeare 1700-1740: a collation of the editions and separate plays. Oxford, 1935, p. 2-3, claims that there were two printings of Tonson's 1709 edition. A comparison of HRC'S three complete (and two partial) sets of this edition with Ford's distinguishing points of the two printings reveals that each set is composed of sheets from both printings, and that in many cases individual volumes are composed of sheets from both printings. Possibly the printings were not discrete.
Paged continuously; numerous errors in paging.
The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only; v. 2-6 have title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear. Volume the Second [etc.]. (The latter title appears also in v. 1 as an added title page) Each play has special title page.
The frontispiece of v. 1 is a portrait of Shakespeare engraved by M: V. Dr. Gucht.
Imperfect: v. 5 only, containing Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello.
Inscribed by copyright-holder on or about the day of publication: Ex dono John Herringman, June ye 6th, 1709.

Variant Titles:

Works. 1709

Topics:

Herringman, John--Presentation inscription, 1709.--696 % pro

Language:

English

Genre:

bookplates (AAT)
Engravings.--aat
Frontispieces (Illustrations)
illustrations (AAT)
inscriptions (AAT)
Plays
portraits (AAT)
title pages (AAT)
woodcuts (AAT)

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Remembering Shakespeare

Call Number:

1988 560

Orbis Record:

754788

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1369966

Citation:

ESTC T138297

Volume/Enumeration:

Vol. 5

Extent of digitization:

Partial work digitized.

OID:

10000367

PID:

digcoll:3707678