The plays of William Shakespeare : in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added notes by Sam. Johnson.Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver1765The second of two editions printed in London in 1765. Woodfall is listed as the second bookseller in the imprint for v. 1-2; Corbet is listed as the second bookseller in the imprint for v. 3-8; Longman does not appear in the imprint for v. 3-8; Johnson's preface is paginated continuously with other prefatory matter: [v]-clv [i.e. clxxv]; half titles present in all volumes; no cancelled leaves.Variant with numerous differences in press figures; cf. Fleeman and Eddy. Vol. 8 extra-illustrated with 5 original watercolors, newspaper clipping and 1773 Edwards plate. Autograph in vol. 1: E. Bowright.Vol. 1 has added t.p.mixed material