The plays of William Shakespeare.. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1778
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3220036
Summary
Bibliographic description
The second edition, revised and augmented.. 10v., plates. ill.. port.., music. 8vo. Former shelfmark: L-C.5. Imperfect: wanting volume 3. MS shelfmarks to front pastedowns: CI2/1; 1.E. Shelved and uniform with the 1780 two-volume supplement. Provenance: Nineteenth-century generic armorial bookplate: Londonderry, printed on white paper. Binding: Eighteenth-century full polished tree calf; recessed cords; red spine labels: Shakespeare's Works.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) George Steevens (1736-1800)