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The works of Shakespeare : in seven volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory, and critical
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- by Mr. Theobald
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- English
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- London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Tonson, F. Clay, W. Feales, and R. Wellington, MDCCXXXIII [1733]
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- 7 volumes : portrait (engraving) ; 27 cm (octavo)
- OCLC
- ocm02166392
- This is the large paper issue printed in 75 copies, with gutter margin of approximately 1.5 cm. There is also a small paper issue with approximate height of 21 cm and gutter margin of approximately .7 cm.
- Contains the plays only.
- Vol. 1 with a general title page, a volume title page, and play title pages. Volumes 2-7 with a volume half-title, a volume title page, and play title pages.
- Some volume half-titles of v. 4 and 5 erroneously numbered V and IV, respectively (ESTC).
- Engraved frontispiece portrait (vol. 1)--lettered: B. Arlaud del., G. Duchange scul.
- With a list of subscribers in v. 1 and "A table of the several editions of Shakespeare's plays, collected by the editor" in v. 7.
- Vol. 5 volume title page lists Macbeth as the third play; it is actually the final play of the volume.
- ESTC N492493
- Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, p. 26-28
- Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 499
- Also available as a digital reproduction.
- v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night -- v. 3. Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1-2 -- v. 4. Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1-3 ; King Richard III -- v. 5. King Henry VIII ; King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth -- v. 6. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline -- v. 7. Troilus and Cressida ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello