The dramatick works of William Shakespear. Volume I. Containing the Six following Plays, viz. I. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, a Tragedy. II. Julius Caesar, a Tragedy. III. The Life and Death of King Richard III. with the Landing of the Earl of Richmond, and the Battle at Bosworth-Field, being the Last between The Houses of Lancaster and York. IV. The Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell. V. The Tempest, a Comedy. VI. The Merry Wives of Windsor, a Comedy.

People / Organizations

• R. Walker ("printed by")
• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by R. Walker, Printer of Shakespear's, and all the other English Plays, at Shakespear's Head in Turn-Again-Lane, Snowhill, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]-35.

Publication year

1734-1735

ESTC No.

T54097

Grub Street ID

280964

Description

7v.,plates : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

An edition published in open competition with the "copyright" edition of Jacob Tonson.

Titlepages in red and black.

Vols. 1-3 dated 1734, vols. 4-7 1735.

Each play has a separate dated titlepage, pagination and register.