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This facsimile is an ideal copy in which each page represents the best page selected from one of the 29 most satisfactory copies of the 80 copies in the Folger Shakespeare Library

Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen and Robert Allot, 1632.

Folio, edged gilt in early 19th century russia; rebacked with original spine laid down; the portrait is in modern facsimile, the title page in 18th century type facsimile; part of dedication leaf and final leaf torn, but rest untouched

The frontispiece of each volume is a portrait of Shakespeare engraved by M: V. Dr. Gucht ; The 1st edition after the four folios; the text based upon the fourth folio.

In 1728 Tonson published an 8 volume set. A ninth volume was published that year to supplement the set. The tenth volume published by J. and J. Knapton, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, J. Tonson and 10 others, is intended to accompany those 9 volumes

Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer, who followed Pope's edition of 1723-25

v.1. Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor.
v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.
v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the…

Contains 20 plays, expurgated by Thomas Bowdler

Edited by James Boswell, the younger, to whom Malone left his materials for a new edition (Malone's first edition appeared in 1790 in 10 vols.) ; "'Boswell's Malone' is generally known as the 'third variorum' edition of Shakespeare." cf. Dict. nat.…