The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere, . printed complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens, and revised from the last editions. ...
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1785 - 1786
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 3146032
Summary
Bibliographic description
41v., add. engr. t.-pls, frontis.port, frontis. plates . ill.., plates . 12mo.. Imperfect set; wanting vol. 37, and first and fourth parts of the collection of prologues and prefaces. - Part three of the prefaces concludes on p. 432 with a catchword 'floures'. Provenance: Inscribed in ink 'Should be 38: Plays & / 4 Prologues / Have 37 Plays / the missing Pericles & / found All's well [crossed through]'. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, gold-lettered: 'M.Mc.C.', gold-ruled spines, red and black spine-labels but mostly the labels worn away; some boards detached.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) George Steevens (1736-1800)