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The works of Mr. William Shakespear : The seventh volume. Containing Venus and Adonis. Tarquin and Lucrece. And Mr. Shakespear's miscellany poems. To which is prefix'd, An essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England. And a glossary of the old words us'd in these works

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Title: The works of Mr. William Shakespear : The seventh volume. Containing Venus and Adonis. Tarquin and Lucrece. And Mr. Shakespear's miscellany poems. To which is prefix'd, An essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England. And a glossary of the old words us'd in these works

Other titles: Poems

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Lt q/SHA

Creator(s): Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Additional creator(s): Sewell, Dr (Other); Gildon, Charles (1665-1724) (Other)

Related people: Sewell; Gildon, Charles

Publisher: printed by J. Darby, for A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, W. Mears, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, E. Symon

Publication city: London

Date(s): M.DCC.XXV. [1725]

Language: English

Size and medium: xv,[1],lvii,[1],44,66,177-324,321-454,[2]p : 30 cm (4to)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/434181

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009826629705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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With an index.


Two headpieces are those used by Henry Woodfall and possibly borrowed by John Darby.


Intended to accompany the 1723-5 Tonson edition.


'An essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage' is by Charles Gildon.


The text is continuous despite register and pagination.


Indexed in: Alston III.71; ESTC (RLIN) T138856

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Armorial bookplate of Levi Ames Jr

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