The works of Shakespear. Collated and Corrected by the former Editions, by Mr. Pope. The Second Edition.

SHAKESPEARE, William.

Published by London: printed for J. Tonson, 1728

Second Pope edition, revised, in eight volumes extended with a ninth volume of the attributed plays, including Pericles. Pope's edition originally appeared in six volumes, quarto, and was published by Jacob Tonson in 1725. For this second edition, published in November 1728, Pope was forced to accept, grudgingly, some of the materials supplied by Theobald. The plays in Pope's quarto edition were not illustrated. Each play here is preceded by an illustration by the French-born draughtsman and engraver Louis du Guernier (1658-1716), from plates first used in the second Rowe edition of 1714, a number re-engraved by Paul Fourdrinier (1698-1758). Two plates are misnumbered and misbound accordingly: the plate for Henry IV Pt 1 is before the plate for Richard II; the plate for Hamlet is in the middle of Othello. Vol. 4 is the variant with the imprint "printed for J. Tonson". The imprint of vols 5 and 9 reads: "printed for J. Tonson; and for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, and F. Clay, in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington." ESTC T138594; Griffith 209; Jaggard, pp. 498-9. 9 vols, duodecimo (165 x 98 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 44 plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, volumes numbered in gilt on black panels, gilt rules, red sprinkled edges. Contemporary bookplates of John Lynch (1697 1760), Dean of Canterbury; early inscriptions of Eliza Moore on front blanks; inscription of Gilbert White (not the parson-naturalist), 30 March 1809, inverted on rear endpaper of vol. I. Some wear, vertical crack to vol. I spine, occasional browning, still an appealing set in its unrestored first binding. Seller Inventory # 191745

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Title: The works of Shakespear. Collated and ...
Publisher: London: printed for J. Tonson, 1728