The works of Shakespeare. In eight volumes. Volume the first. Containing, The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222640
Summary
Bibliographic description
8 v. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 7529. Not the complete Tonson edition, appears to be a made up set with some plays supplied from the Walker edition of 1734-35 and one play from 1723. Vol. 3 has 1734 edition of 'The first part of Henry IV' (ESTC T54106) with imprint "printed by R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, in Turn-again-Lane, by the Ditch-side". Vol. 4 has 1735 editions of 'The life of King Henry V' (ESTC T54118), 'The second part of King Henry VI' (ESTC T54123) and 'The third part of King Henry VI' (ESTC T54124), each with imprint "printed by R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, in Turn-again-Lane, by the Ditch-side; and may be had at his shop, the sign of Shakespear's-Head, in Change-Alley, Cornhill". Vol. 5 has 1735 edition of 'Coriolanus' (ESTC T54135) with imprint "printed for R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, next the White Horse-Inn in Fleet-Street". Vol. 5 has 1734 edition of 'Titus Andronicus' (ESTC N13693) with imprint "printed for R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, in Turn-again Lane, by the Ditch-side". Vol. 6 has 1734 edition of 'Macbeth' (ESTC T54104) with imprint "printed by R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, in Turn-again Lane, by the Ditch-side". Vol. 6 has 1723 edition of 'Hamlet' (ESTC T35953) with imprint "London, printed by J. Darby, for A. Bettesworth, and F. Clay, 1723". Vol. 7 has 1723 edition of 'King Lear' (ESTC T29461) with imprint "printed by J. Darby for M. P. [i.e. M. Poulson] and sold by A. Bettesworth in Pater-noster-row, and F. Clay without Temple-bar". Vol. 8 has 1734 edition of 'Pericles' (ESTC T54111) with imprint "printed by R. Walker, at Shakespear's-Head, in Turn-again Lane, by the Ditch-side; and may be had at his shop the sign of Shakespear's Head in 'Change-Alley, Cornhill, and likewise at his shop, the sign of Shakespear's Head, between the Savoy and Somerset-House, in the Strand". Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 8. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines with stamp and fillet decoration; gilt title on brown sheepskin label and gilt vol. number on spines. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), author Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), editor Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718), author Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716) , engraver (printmaker) Pierre Fourdrinier (1698-1758), engraver (printmaker)