JOHNSON SAMUEL; editor The Plays of William Shakespeare 8 v

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JOHNSON, SAMUEL; editor. The Plays of William Shakespeare . . . with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in Volume 1 (lightly offsetting onto title). Half-titles. 8 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf with morocco lettering pieces, spines lightly rubbed or scuffed, Volume 1 front joint cracked, Volume 3 front joint starting at top and bottom; . Armorial bookplates of John Pollexfen Bastard (1756-1816). London: J. and R. Tonson et al., 1765

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first johnson edition. "The first edition edited by the famous lexicographer, the first variorum edition, and the foundation of hundreds of subsequent editions"--Jaggard, page 501. Courtney & Nichol Smith, pages 107-08.