The plays and poems of William Shakespeare. [electronic resource] : Corrected from the latest and best London editions, with notes, by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. To which are added, a glossary and the life of the author. Embellished with a striking likeness from the collection of His Grace the Duke of Chandos.

First American edition.

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan, MDCCXCV[-MDCCXCVI] [1795-1796]

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

English

8 v. : 1 port. ; 12⁰.

Volumes 4-8 were published in 1796.
Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page.
Frontispiece portrait engraved by Robert Field.
Vol. 1: [4], xlviii, 384 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 412 p.; v. 3: 432 p.; v. 4: 447, [1] p.; v. 5: 392 p.; v. 6: 388 p.; v. 7: 452 p.; v. 8: 304, iv, [3], 8-128 p.
Numerous errors in paging.
Erratum note, v. 1, p. 384.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Evans, 29496
Evans, 31180
English Short Title Catalog, W28892.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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