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Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].
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A LIST OF SUCH ANCIENT EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE's PLAYS, as have hitherto been met with by his different Editors.

Those marked with Asterisks are in no former Tables; and those which are printed in the Italic character I have never seen.

I.

1. Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, 1600, Thomas Fisher.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, 1600, James Roberts.

II.

1. Merry Wives of Windsor, William Shakespeare, 1602. T. C. for Arthur Johnson.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, 1619, for Do.

3. Do. William Shakespeare, 1630, T. H. for R. Meighen.

III.

Much Ado about Nothing, William Shakespeare, 1600, V. S. For Andrew Wise and William Aspley.

IV.

1. Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare, 1600. J. R. for Thomas Heyes.

2. W. Shakespeare, 1600, J. Roberts.

3. Do. William Shakespeare, 1637, M. P. for Laurence Hayes.

4. Do. William Shakespeare, 1652, for William Leake.

V.

1. Love's Labour Lost, William Shakespeare, 1598, W. W. for Cuthbert Burbey.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, 1631, W. S. for John Smethwicke.

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VI.

1. Taming of the Shrew, 1607, V. S. for Nich. Ling.

2. Do. Will. Shakespeare, 1631, W. S. for John Smethwicke.

VII.

*1. King Lear, William Shakespeare, 1608, for Nathaniel Butter.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, 1608, for Do.

3. Do. William Shakespeare, 1655, Jane Bell.

VIII.

† note1. King John, 2 Parts, 1591, for Sampson Clarke.

2. Do. W. Sh. 1611, Valentine Simmes, for John Helme.

3. Do. W. Shakespeare, 1622, Aug. Matthewes, for Thomas Dewe.

IX.

1. Richard II. 1597, Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise.

2. Richard II. William Shakespeare, 1598, Valentine Simmes, for Andrew Wise.

3. Do. W. Shakespeare, 1608, W. W. for Matthew Law.

4. Do. William Shakespeare, 1615, for Matthew Law.

5. Do. William Shakespeare, 1634, John Norton.

X.

*1. Henry IV. First Part, 1598, P. S. for Andrew Wise.

2. Do. W. Shakespeare, 1599, S. S. for Do.

3. Do. 1604.

*4. Do. 1608, for Matthew Law.

5. Do. W. Shakespeare, 1613, W. W. for Do.

6. Do. William Shakespeare, 1622, T. P. sold by Do.

*7. Do. William Shakespeare, 1632, John Norton, sold by William Sheares.

8. Do. William Shakespeare, 1639, John Norton, sold by Hugh Perry.

XI.

1. Henry IV. Second Part, William Shakespeare, 1600, V. S. for Andrew Wise and William Aspley.

2. Do. 1600. Do.

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XII.

1. Henry V. 1600. Tho. Creede, for T. Millington, and John Busby.

*2. Do. 1602, Thomas Creede, for Thomas Pavier.

3. Do. 1608, for T. P.

XIII. XIV.

1. Henry VI. William Shakespeare, 1600, Val. Simmes, for Tho. Millington.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, W. W. for T. Millington, 1600.

3. Do. William Shakespeare, T. P.

XV.

1. Richard III. 1597, Valentine Simmes, for Andrew Wise.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, 1598, Thomas Creede, for Do.

3. Do. William Shakespeare, 1602, Thomas Creede, for Do.

4. Do. William Shakespeare, 1612, Thomas Creede, sold by Matthew Lawe.

5. Do. William Shakespeare, 1622, Thomas Purfoot, sold by Do.

6. Do. William Shakespeare, 1629, John Norton, sold by Do.

7. Do. William Shakespeare, 1634, John Norton.

XVI.

Titus Andronicus, 1611, for Edward White.

XVII.

1. Troilus and Cressida, William Shakespeare, 1609, G. Eld, for R. Bonian and H. Whalley, with a Preface.

2. Do. 1609, for Do.

*3. Do. no Date, Do.

XVIII.

1. Romeo and Juliet, 1597, John Danter.

2. Do. 1599, Tho. Creede, for Cuthbert Burby.

3. Do. 1609, for John Smethwicke.

*4. Do. William Shakespeare, no Date, John Smethwicke.

5. Do. William Shakespeare, 1637, R. Young for Do.

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XIX.

1. Hamlet, William Shakespeare, J. R. for N. L. 1604.

2. Hamlet, William Shakespeare, 1605, I. R. for N. L

*3. Do. William Shakespeare, 1611, for John Smethwicke.

4. Do. William Shakespeare, no Date, W. S. for Do.

5. Do. William Shakespeare, 1637, R. Young, for Do.

6. Do. R. Bentley, 1695.

XX.

1. Othello, William Shakespeare, no Date, Thomas Watkely.

2. Do. William Shakespeare, 1622, N. O. for Thomas Walkely.

3. Do. William Shakespeare, 1630, A. M. for Richard Hawkins.

4. Do. William Shakespeare, 1655, for William Leake.

&hand1;Of all the remaining plays the most authentic edition is the folio 1623; yet that of 1632 is not without value; for though it be in some places more incorrectly printed than the preceding one, it has likewise the advantage of various readings, which are not merely such as reiteration of copies will naturally produce. The curious examiner of Shakespeare's text, who possesses the first of these, ought not to be unfurnished with the second. As to the third and fourth impressions, (which include the seven rejected plays) they are little better than waste paper, for they differ only from the preceding ones by a larger accumulation of errors. I had inadvertently given a similar character of the folio 1632; but take this opportunity of confessing a mistake into which I was led by too implicit a reliance on the assertions of others.
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Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].
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