An edition of Plays (36) (1623)

The Works of William Shakespeare

in reduced facsimile from the famous First Folio edition of 1623

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An edition of Plays (36) (1623)

The Works of William Shakespeare

in reduced facsimile from the famous First Folio edition of 1623

The First Edition of Shakespeare
  • 3.57 ·
  • 21 Ratings
  • 125 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

aka The First Folio

Contains 36 plays:
All’s Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
King Lear
King Richard II
King Richard III
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter’s Tale

Order varies by edition.

Publish Date
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Language
English
Pages
993

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Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
1968 02, Yale University Press
Hardcover in English - A facsimile ed.; 5th printing
Cover of: Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies: 1623
1964, University Microfilms Limited
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
1955-01, Yale University Press
Hardcover in English - Facsimile edition, 3rd printing
Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies
Cover of: The Works of William Shakespeare
The Works of William Shakespeare: in reduced facsimile from the famous First Folio edition of 1623
1876, Chatto and Windus
Hardcover in English - The First Edition of Shakespeare
Cover of: A new variorum edition of Shakespeare
A new variorum edition of Shakespeare
1871, J.B. Lippincott & co.
in English
Cover of: The family Shakespeare, in one volume
Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies
1641, Printed by Tho Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the blacke Beare in Pauls Church yard
in English - The second impression.
Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: published according to the true originall copies
1632, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard
in English - The second impression.
Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies

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Table of Contents

Tempest
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Merry Wives of Windsor
Measure for Measure
Comedy of Errors
Much Ado About Nothing
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
Taming of the Shrew
All’s Well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night
Winter’s Tale
King John
King Richard II
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Richard III
King Henry VIII
Troilus and Cressida
Coriolanus
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
Antony and Cleopatra
Cymbeline

Edition Notes

Half title: Shakespeare : the First Folio.

At head of title: The first edition of Shakespeare.

With reproduction of original t.p.: Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies. London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.

Errors in paging; no. 47-48 (5th group) omitted, p. 399 (13th group) numbered 993.

Advertisements at end dated: April, 1887.

Gift to Victoria University Library. Hunter, John Howard.

RBSC copy: Ex libris S.T. Fisher.

Victoria University Library copy advertisements at end dated: November, 1875.

Victoria University Library copy has many other pages misnumbered.

Victoria University Library copy originally part of the library's Hunter Collection.

Other Titles
Shakespeare : the First Folio, First edition of Shakespeare

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR2751 A15 1876

Contributors

Introduction
J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xi, [2] p., [9] leaves, 303, 100 (i.e. 98), [2], 69-232, [2], 79-80, [25], 98, 109-156, 257-993 (i.e. 399), [1], 32 p. (32 p. at end advertisements) :
Number of pages
993

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