The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848.; Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858.; Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881, former owner.; Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.; 271132 Leighton, Frederica, donor.; Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
1850
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Title
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.
Uniform title
Works. 1850. Phillips, Sampson & Co.
Created/published
Boston : Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850-1857.
Description
8 v. : ports. ; 26 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848.
Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858.
Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
271132 Leighton, Frederica, donor.
Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
Peabody, Oliver William Bourn, 1799-1848.
Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858.
Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
271132 Leighton, Frederica, donor.
Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
Note
Edited by Oliver W.B. Peabody; based on Singer's edition, "carefully compared" with the folio of 1623.
Added, engraved title page: Shakspeare's complete works, Boston edition ... 1851.
Vols. 2-7 have variant title: Dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.
Vol. 8 has title: The poetical works of William Shakspeare : with notes, illustrative and explanatory : together with a supplementary notice to the Roman plays.
Individual volumes with varying publication date.
Volumes printed in 1856 with variant imprint: Boston : Phillips, Sampson, and Company ; New York : James C. Derby.
Same setting of type as Phillips, Sampson, and Company's ed. published 1836 and later.
Vol. 1 frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare lettered: Holl, sculpsit. Added, engraved title page lettered: H. Billing del.; D.L. Glover, sc. Other plates engraved by D.L. Glover, T. Kelley, F. Halpin, Rice, Buttre, and O. Pelton, from works by J. Hayter, A.L. Egg, E. Corbould, Frith, J.W. Wright, K. Meadows, A. Johnston, and Sir J. Reynolds.
With a life by Dr. Symmons, revised, and New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare, by J. Payne Collier (v.1).
Added, engraved title page: Shakspeare's complete works, Boston edition ... 1851.
Vols. 2-7 have variant title: Dramatic works of William Shakspeare : with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.
Vol. 8 has title: The poetical works of William Shakspeare : with notes, illustrative and explanatory : together with a supplementary notice to the Roman plays.
Individual volumes with varying publication date.
Volumes printed in 1856 with variant imprint: Boston : Phillips, Sampson, and Company ; New York : James C. Derby.
Same setting of type as Phillips, Sampson, and Company's ed. published 1836 and later.
Vol. 1 frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare lettered: Holl, sculpsit. Added, engraved title page lettered: H. Billing del.; D.L. Glover, sc. Other plates engraved by D.L. Glover, T. Kelley, F. Halpin, Rice, Buttre, and O. Pelton, from works by J. Hayter, A.L. Egg, E. Corbould, Frith, J.W. Wright, K. Meadows, A. Johnston, and Sir J. Reynolds.
With a life by Dr. Symmons, revised, and New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare, by J. Payne Collier (v.1).
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing
v. 2. Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew
v. 3. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1
v. 4. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI
v. 5. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 6. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 7. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
v. 8. Poems. Supplementary notice to the Roman plays.
v. 2. Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew
v. 3. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1
v. 4. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI
v. 5. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 6. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 7. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
v. 8. Poems. Supplementary notice to the Roman plays.
Source of acquisition
271132 Gift of Frederica Leighton.
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 528
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Item Details
Call number
PR2752 1850-1857 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Publisher's cloth binding, with blind decoration. Newspaper clipping regarding potato harvests laid in, removed to curatorial file. Gift of Henry N. Paul.
Folger accession
6023
Call number
PR2752 1850-1857 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Inter folia fructus; Library of James A. Garfield. In manuscript, on bookplates: No. 62.e; Case 7, Shelf D. Publisher's cloth binding, with blind decoration.
Folger accession
179713
Folger-specific note
271132 Gift of Frederica Leighton, from the collection of William Leighton, Jr.