The works of Mr. William Shakespear. Volume the ninth

People / Organizations

• William Shakespeare (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Tonson in the Strand; and for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, and F. Clay, in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, MDCCXXVIII. [1728]

Added name

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, attributed name.; Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.; Darby, John, -1733, bookseller.; Bettesworth, Arthur, -1739, bookseller.; Clay, Francis, -1738, bookseller.

Publication year

1728

ESTC No.

T138593

Grub Street ID

186455

Description

426, [6] p., [7] plates : ill. ; 12°.

Note

The plays in this volume were attributed to Shakespeare in the past, but this attribution is now rejected by scholars

Each play has a frontispiece and a separate dated title page; the imprints read: 'printed in the year MDCCXXVIII.'

With three final advertisement leaves, the first two for Tonson and the third for the remaining booksellers together

Intended to accompany the 1728 Tonson 8 vols. edition

Also issued as part of the 1728 Knapton 10 vols. edition

Contents: Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- London prodigal -- Thomas Lord Cromwell -- Sir John Oldcastle -- The puritan -- A Yorkshire tragedy -- Locrine

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