The works of Shakespeare. In eight volumes.

All titles

• The works of Shakespeare. In eight volumes.
• Plays

People / Organizations

• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors, MDCXXXV [1635 i.e. 1735]

Added name

Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller.

Publication year

1735

ESTC No.

T54702

Grub Street ID

281464

Description

8 v., plates ; 12°.

Note

"Consisting of 43 plays issued separately by Tonson in 1734 and 1735, with the addition of volume title pages and the Life by Rowe. The titlepage of "The Tempest" bears the date 1736" -- British Library Catalogue

The volume title pages are misdated 1635

Each play has a separate title page, pagination and register

"Volume the first. Containing, The Templest. The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Measure for Measure. The Comedy of Errors. Much ado about Nothing."