Shakespeare, William. The Plays of William Shakespeare. In ten Volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. 10 volumes. With engraved portrait frontispiece. London, printed for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan [et al.], 1778. 8°. Half-leather bindings of the time with gilt spine title, ornaments and volume number (rubbed, spotted, vol. I Vjoints torn, vol. X spine torn and missing at bottom). Lowndes 2261. - Second edition. - Contains the following of Shakespeare's works: The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour Lost, Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice, As you like it, Taming the Shrew, All's well that ends well, Twelfth Night, Winter's Tale, Macbeth, King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV, Troilus and Cerssida, Cymbeline, King Lear, King Henry V, King Henry VI, King Richard III, King Henry VIII, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Othello. - Browned, some foxing and dampstaining, occasional creases.