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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Ritson, Joseph. Remarks on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shakespeare. 1783 + The Quip Modest. 1788
(SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.) [Ritson, Joseph.] Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shakespeare. [2], viii, 232, 235-40, [2] pages * The Quip Modest: A Few Words by Way of Supplement to Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shakespeare. vii, [1], 28, 27-32, [2] pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 19th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, stain along front joint; contents generally clean. Armorial bookplate of John Croft Deverell. London: J. Johnson, 1783; J. Johnson, 1788
- Notes: first editions of Ritson''s critiques of the 1778 edition of Shakespeare edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Quip Modest has A4r in the second state, with the insulting reference to Steevens expunged; E2 in both states; and the unpaginated leaf F1, often lacking. Jaggard, page 264.
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