The works of Mr. William Shakespear. Volume the seventh : containing Venus & Adonis, Tarquin & Lucrece and his miscellany poems : with critical remarks on his plays, &c. to which is prefix'd an essay on the art, rise and progress of the stage in Greece, Rome and England.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.; Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, bookseller.; Sanger, Egbert, bookseller.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, associated name.; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, associated name.; Prior, R. C. Alexander (Richard Chandler Alexander), 1809-1902, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Beaufort, Henry Somerset, Duke of, 1684-1714, former owner.; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, former owner.; Joyce, William, d. not before 1865, former owner.
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Title
The works of Mr. William Shakespear. Volume the seventh : containing Venus & Adonis, Tarquin & Lucrece and his miscellany poems : with critical remarks on his plays, &c. to which is prefix'd an essay on the art, rise and progress of the stage in Greece, Rome and England.
Uniform title
Poems. 1710
Created/published
London : Printed for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church, and E. Sanger at the Post-house at the Middle-Temple Gate, MDCCX [1710]
Description
[16], lxxii, 45, [7], 51-472, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 24 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.
Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, bookseller.
Sanger, Egbert, bookseller.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, associated name.
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, associated name.
Prior, R. C. Alexander (Richard Chandler Alexander), 1809-1902, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Beaufort, Henry Somerset, Duke of, 1684-1714, former owner.
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, former owner.
Joyce, William, d. not before 1865, former owner.
Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.
Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, bookseller.
Sanger, Egbert, bookseller.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, associated name.
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, associated name.
Prior, R. C. Alexander (Richard Chandler Alexander), 1809-1902, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Beaufort, Henry Somerset, Duke of, 1684-1714, former owner.
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, former owner.
Joyce, William, d. not before 1865, former owner.
Note
Intended by Curll to accompany the large paper issue of Rowe's edition of Shakespeare's plays, published by Tonson in 6 v. in 1709.
Dedication signed: S.N. These are the terminal letters of the name of the editor, Charles Gildon.
Poem title pages state "Printed in the year 1709".
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸ a-d⁸ e⁴ A-C⁸ chi1 D-2F⁸ 2G⁸ (-2G8).
Engraving of Venus and Adonis unlettered.
With a final leaf (2G7) of advertisements for E. Curll and E. Sanger.
Not in ESTC, 11 August 2011 (cf ordinary paper issue T138298)
Dedication signed: S.N. These are the terminal letters of the name of the editor, Charles Gildon.
Poem title pages state "Printed in the year 1709".
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸ a-d⁸ e⁴ A-C⁸ chi1 D-2F⁸ 2G⁸ (-2G8).
Engraving of Venus and Adonis unlettered.
With a final leaf (2G7) of advertisements for E. Curll and E. Sanger.
Not in ESTC, 11 August 2011 (cf ordinary paper issue T138298)
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1982.
Cited/described in
Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, p. 12, 14
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 497
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 497
Genre/form
Booksellers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
PR2842 1709 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, Poems on several occasions, and table of contents only -- lacking frontispiece, vol. t.p., preliminaries, and p. 257-472. Armorial bookplate (motto: Crescat coruscet) of R.C.A. Prior. Half calf binding with marbled paper boards, red leather spine label reads: Shakespeare's Poems.
Folger accession
cs1277
Call number
PR2752 1709a copy 1 v. 7 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Some worming. Armorial bookplate (motto: Mutare vel timere sperno) of The Most Noble Henry Duke of Beaufort, 1705; anonymous armorial bookplate (motto: PITCHES). In early red goatskin binding with gold-tooled spine. Bound uniformly and shelved with the 1709 large paper issue of Rowe's works of Shakespeare (cataloged separately). Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs297
Call number
PR2842 1709 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: Venus and Adonis and its engraving, Tarquin and Lucrece, and Poems on several occasions only -- lacking vol. t.p., preliminaries, table of contents, and p. 257-472. In plain brown wrapper; stamp: Shakespeare Press, Sheep St., Stratford on Avon.
Folger accession
cs1458
Call number
ART Vol. a103
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, and Poems on several occasions only -- lacking vol. t.p., preliminaries, table of contents, p. 257-444, and p. 465-472. Miniature portrait of Shakespeare by Dante Gabriel Rossetti set into front cover of brown goatskin binding (cataloged separately). Inscription from Rossetti to William Joyce, dated December 9, 1865. Bookplate: William Joyce. Purchased from Thomas Thorp, bookseller, Aug. 23, 1929.
Folger accession
cs1943
Former call number
PR2842 1709 copy 3 Ex.ill.