The Plays of William Shakespeare, In Eight Volumes with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to which are Added notes by Samuel Johnson

William Shakespeare [Samuel Johnson]

Published by London Tonson, Woodfall, Rivington, Longman etc 1765, 1754

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Two volumes - I and VI from what must have been a beautiful set of Samuel Johnson's 1765 edition of Shakespeare's plays. Contemporary full speckled calf with black and red spine labels. Wear to extremities. Hinge with lower cover of Vol I very tender; first flyleaf of Vol VI beginning to detach. The frontispiece image of Shakespeare appears correctly opposite the general title page of Vol I; overleaf in an 18th century hand is written 'D Garrick Esq.r' below the mark where an image of Garrick was previously mounted. Vol I contains, multiple introductions by Johnson, Pope, Theobald etc together with a Life of Shakespeare and The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Two Gentlemen, Measure for Mercant and The Merchant of Venice; Vol VI has Lear, Timon, Titus, Macbeth and Coriolanus. Foxing throughout both volumes; small oval library stamp at the head of the first page of text. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. Seller Inventory # 8385

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Title: The Plays of William Shakespeare, In Eight ...
Publisher: London Tonson, Woodfall, Rivington, Longman etc 1765
Publication Date: 1754

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