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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Works . . . With Notes . . . By Mr. [Lewis] Theobald. 8 vols. 1773

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Works . . . in Eight Volumes. Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected; With Notes, Explanatory, and Critical; By Mr. [Lewis] Theobald. 8 volumes. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, varying wear to spine ends, Volumes 1 and 3 missing portions of spines; contents toned and foxed, some dampstaining along edges. London: C. Bathurst et al., 1773

  • Notes: Theobald (1688-1744) pioneered the textual criticism of Shakespeare. Volume 8 concludes with a bibliography of early editions and an "Index of the Characters, Sentiments, Similies, Speeches, and Descriptions in Shakespeare." Jaggard, page 503.
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