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The plays of William Shakespeare in eight volumes : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators ; to which are added notes by Sam Johnson.

Accession number
PML 5163-70
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson,, 1765.
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Title on spine: Johnson's Shakespeare.
Description
8 v. : port. ; 21 cm.
Provenance
Presentation copy from Dr. Johnson to Sir Thos. Robinson, with latter's book-plate; inscription: "bought of Mrs. Pevner, daughter of Sir T. Robinson;" Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), armorial booklabel (front pastedown); James Toovey (1814-1893), purchased Gosford's library en bloc in 1878, Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Red morocco, tooled.
Classification
Department