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The plays of William Shakspeare : in fifteen volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added notes /

Title
The plays of William Shakspeare : in fifteen volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added notes /
Author/Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
E. & S. Harding (Firm)
M. and T. Longman (Firm)
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809.
Harding, E. 1755-1840. (Edward),
Baldwin, Henry, 1734-1813.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797.
Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807.
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812.
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Publisher
Printed for T Longman B Law and Son C Dilly J Robson J Johnson T Vernor G G J and J Robinson T Cadell J Murray R Baldwin HL Gardner J Sewell J Nicholls F and C Rivington W Goldsmith T Payne Jun S Hayes R Faulder W Lowndes B and J White G and T Wilkie J an
Publisher Date
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Note
Volume 2 includes 4 folded leaves
This record comprises two issues with the same settings of type, printed on slightly different sizes of paper: large paper copies, of which 25 sets were printed, measuring approximately 26 cm, and regular paper copies, measuring approximately 23 cm. At least some of the large paper copies have additional engraved portraits and genre scenes published by E. and S. Harding (ESTC and Jaggard).
Editor of: "Dodsley's collection of old plays": Isaac Reed.
Printed by H. Baldwin (ESTC).
Each vol. with a half-title and a vol. title page. Each play with a divisional title.
Engravings, mostly in large paper copies, variously lettered by engravers: Le Goux, T. Nugent, R. Clamp, L. Schiavonetti, T. Trotter, C. Knight, Ridley, F. Bartolozzi, A. Birrell, J. Jones, Medland, Sparrow, E. Harding, Jr., R. Clamp, I. Parker, W.N. Gardiner, Scheneker, P.W. Tomkins
and by artists: S. Harding, Sir J. Reynolds, T. Thornton, Gio Batta Albreggi, F. Grosse, Sylvester, I. Nixon, I. Jordan, P. Sandby. Morris dancers folded engraving in v. 8.
Addenda and instructions to the binder in volume 1. Glossarial index in volume 3.
Subject
Clarke, Charles Cowden,--1787-1877,--editor.
Clarke, Mrs. Mary Cowden,--1809-1898,--editor.
Selous, Henry Courteney,--1803-1890,--illustrator.
Library URL
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