Twenty of the plays of Shakespeare, being the whole number printed in quarto during his life-time, ... collated where there were different copies, and publish'd from the originals, by George Steevens, Esq; In four volumes. ...

People / Organizations

• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. and R. Tonson; T. Payne; and W. Richardson, 1766.

Publication year

1766-1766

ESTC No.

T139114

Grub Street ID

186981

Description

4v.[in 6v.] ; 8⁰

Note

The whole set is unpaginated.

Each play and the sonnets with a separate titlepage.

Includes the sonnets and a version of 'King Lear': 'The true chronicle history of King Leir, and his three daughters, .. '.

A reissue of the 4 v. set of the same year, without the contents leaves, and differently divided up so as to form six volumes, each with a volume titlepage.