The plays of William Shakspeare, complete, in eight volumes. ...

People / Organizations

• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Bellamy and Robarts, 1796.

Publication year

1796-1796

ESTC No.

T138608

Grub Street ID

186471

Description

8v.,plates : port. ; 8⁰

Note

With additional volume titlepages, engraved, in vols. 1 and 8, entitled respectively: 'Shakspeare's comedies. Vol.I.' and 'Shakspeare's tragedies. Vol.II.'.

Each play has a divisional titlepage and separate pagination and register.

The following are reissued from the 1791 Bellamy and Robarts edition: "The life of William Shakspeare", vol.1; "Measure for measure" (apart from the divisional title), "Love's labour's lost" and "Much ado about nothing", vol.2;"Timon of Athens" and "Julius Cæsar", vol.4; "Coriolanus", vol.5; and "King Richard II", vol.6.