- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver - Published / Created:
- 1765
- Call Number:
- 2002 521
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Plays
- Description:
- The 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., and Vol. 1 has added t.p.
- Publisher:
- Printed 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,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The plays of William Shakespeare : in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added notes by Sam. Johnson.
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