The plays and poems of William Shakspeare : corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Item Description: | The first edition of Shakespeare's Works produced outside the British Isles (Jaggard). Volumes 1-3 are dated 1795, volumes 4-8 are dated 1796. All volumes with a volume title page and volume half-title; each play and the Poems of Shakspeare with a divisional title. All plays are paginated and signed continuously. The poems are paginated and signed separately from the plays in volume 8. Engraved frontispiece portrait lettered: Engraved by R. Field. Preface by the American editors, the life of the author, and a glossary in volume 1. Volume 1: [4], xlviii, 384 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: 412 pages; volume 3: 432 pages; volume 4: 447, [1] pages; volume 5: 392 pages; volume 6: 388 pages; volume 7: 452 pages; volume 8: 304, iv, [3], 8-128 pages. |
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| Physical Description: | 8 volumes : 1 portrait (engraving) ; 18 cm (duodecimo) |