The plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes, by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. To which are added, a glossary and the life of the author. Embellished with a striking likeness from the collection of His Grace the Duke of Chandos. Vol. I[-VIII].

People / Organizations

• Bioren & ("sold by")
• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan, MDCCXCV[-MDCCXCVI] [1795-1796]

Publication year

1795-1796

ESTC No.

W28892

Grub Street ID

339097

Description

8 v. : 1 port. ; 12⁰

Note

Volumes 4-8 were published in 1796.

Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page.

Frontispiece portrait engraved by Robert Field.

Vol. 1: [4], xlviii, 384 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 412 p.; v. 3: 432 p.; v. 4: 447, [1] p.; v. 5: 392 p.; v. 6: 388 p.; v. 7: 452 p.; v. 8: 304, iv, [3], 8-128 p.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: v. 1, a? b-e? A-2H? (b2 missigned B); v. 2, [A]? B-2K? 2L?; v. 3, [A]? B-2M? (E3 missigned D2); v. 4, A-2N? 2O? (2O2 verso blank); v. 5, A-2I? 2K?; v. 6, A-2H? 2K?; v. 7, A-2N? [2O]?; v. 8, [A]? B-Q? S-2C? (Q1 missigned R); [A]? B-K? L?. Twenty-four letter alphabet, including W, used in v. 1-4 and 6-8