A Sammelband of 5 Shakespeare Plays, 1750s; King Lear; Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Romeo and Juliet; & Othello.

A smart copy of this sammelband bringing together 5 uncommon mid-18th Century printings of Shakespeare's works. 

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Comprises:

A History of King Lear, A Tragedy: As is now acted in the King's Theatres. Revised with alterations, by N. Tate (Nahum Tate). Printed in Glasgow, 1758, 64pp; 

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, A Tragedy by Shakespear. Printed for D. Williams, in St Paul's church-yard, London. Undated (perhaps slightly earlier than the others?), 105pp. Just 3 copies located on Worldcat, dated to c. 1750; 

Julius Caesar, A Tragedy: As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane, By his Majesty's Servants, by Shakespeare. Printed in Glasgow, 1758, 67pp; 

Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, with Alterations, and an Additional Scene, As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. Printed in Glasgow, 1758, 59pp; 

Othello, The Moor of Venice, A Tragedy: As it is now acted by his Majesty's Servants, by Shakespeare. Printed in Glasgow, 1759, 91pp. 

A good full calf leather hardback. Spine with raised bands, gilt tooled decoration and red morocco title label. Covers worn and rubbed, and top of front cover joint starting, but all still bound. Spine with cracked crease marks.

Text is clean and bright throughout with the plays themselves actualy presented in very good condition with occasional minor flaws; 1 x 3cm marginal tear to first title page, aged offsetting to edges of endpapers, pages 69-76 sit slightly proud, occasional light scattered spotting, but nothing to spoil the enjoyment of this rare collection. The Glasgow printings with red printed text on the title pages.

Text in English.

Dimensions: Approximately 176mm x 107mm x 31mm.

Weighs approximately 328g unpacked.