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. The letterpress of the two issues is identical

Contains the plays only

Each volume has a volume title page, half title, and a title page for each play; vol. 1 has a title page for the set and no half title

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

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

ESTC

Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) set: ex libris (inscriptions in v. 3,6) Sarah Maise, (inscription in v.2) J. Murray; letter from Theobald to Sir Michael Newton laid in (v.1)

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