Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays : as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London : regulated from the prompt books of each house, by permission, with notes critical and illustrative / by the authors of the Dramatic censor

Digital image file name56825Call numberPR2752 1774b copy 4 Sh.Col
Page/opening:
frontispiece – title page (The Winter's Tale)
Catalog link
https://catalog.folger.edu/record/264106
Creator
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Created/published
London : Printed for John Bell, near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, and C. Etherington at York, MDCCLXXIIII [1774]
Place of creationGreat Britain, England, LondonDate1774Note(s)Reference citation note: Burnim & Highfill. John Bell, p. 10-13, Reference citation note: Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 5024, Copy note: Imperfect: lacking v. 9 and all v. t.p. Contents: v. 1. Hamlet ; Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; All's well that ends well ; As you like it ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 3. King Henry VI ; King Henry VIII ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 4. Tempest ; Merry Wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 5. Winter's tale ; Measure for measure ; Troilus and Cressida ; King Richard II ; King Richard III -- v. 6 Two gentlemen of Verona; Comedy of errors ; Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 7. Antony and Cleopatra ; Othello ; Romeo and Juliet ; King John ; Cymbeline -- v. 8. Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; King Lear. Plays are bound out of volume order. With acting portrait frontispieces and scenery plates bound within plays. Blind stamp inside cover: J.U. Martin, Dereham. Bound in calf with red and black leather spine labels. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.Extent21 cm (12mo)Associated name(s)Associated name: Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784, Bookseller: Bell, John, 1745-1831, Bookseller: Etherington, Christopher, active 1757-1777, Printmaker: Hall, John, 1739-1797, Printmaker: Byrne, William, 1743-1805, Printmaker: Liart, Matthew, approximately 1736-approximately 1782, Printmaker: Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, Printmaker: Mazell, Peter, active 1761-1797, Printmaker: Walker, William, 1729-1793, Printmaker: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, Printmaker: Basire, James, 1730-1802, Printmaker: Sherwin, J. K. 1751-1790, (John Keyse), Printmaker: Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, Printmaker: Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769-1789, Printmaker: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, Illustrator: Dance, Nathaniel, Sir, 1735-1811, Illustrator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, Illustrator: Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, Illustrator: Sherwin, J. K. 1751-1790, (John Keyse), Signer: Browne, Thomas Beale, d. not before 1774, Former owner: Martin, J. U., d. not before 1774, Former owner: Washington, George, 1732-1799, Signer: Lewis, Attaway, active 1897, Signer: Percy, Elizabeth, d. not before 1774, Signer: Percy, Henry, d. not before 1774, Associated name: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Associated name: Covent Garden TheatreGenre/form(s)Acting editions, Cast lists, Booksellers' advertisementsRightshttps://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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High resolution image
Credit
Folger Imaging Department
Member ofPre-1831 imprints