Plays of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1773 Samuel Johnson - Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Othello ...

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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes. London; Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington ... ; MDCCLXXIII (1773).

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Contains the bookplate of Rev. J. Brereton D.C.L. and an early signature of E. Edwards dated 1774.

Bound in a contemporary binding with morocco labels.

The very well known & much desired Samuel Johnson edition of Shakespeare’s plays; the expanded edition (2nd) following the 8 volume edition in 1765.

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Contains:

Volume One: Prefaces, The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Volume Two: Measure for Measure, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour Lost.

Volume Three: A Midsummer's Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew,

Volume Four: All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, Winter's Tale, Macbeth.

Volume Five: King John, King Richard II., King Henry IV. Part I., King Henry IV. Part II.

Volume Six: King Henry V., King Henry VI. Part I., King Henry VI. Part II., King Henry VI. Part III.

Volume Seven: King Richard III., King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.

Volume Eight: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus.

Volume Nine: Troilus and Cressida, Cymbeline, King Lear.

Volume Ten: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Appendixes.

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Size: 22 x 14 x 3.5 cm each (8vo).

Condition: Very Good (VG+)

Frontispiece in volume one present. Half titles present to volumes 2-10. Text blocks very clean with light toning, and sporadic and very minor to minor foxing. Title pages and half titles vary, ranging from some foxing to clean. Title to first volume contains a dated pen ownership signature, which can also be seen on the title pages of volumes seven and nine. Minor wear to spines with some very small fragments lacking. Minor damage to headcaps. All boards attached with wear to joints and hinges. Minor scuffing and some toning on boards. Endpapers toned with minor foxing. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in all volumes. Shelf wear. Minor damage to corners. Volumes one, three, four, six, seven, eight, and ten lacking number labels. Minor wear to tooled labels. Dulling to page edges. Volume three lacking half title and title page. No inscriptions outside of inscriptions on title pages mentioned above.

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