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Shakespeare, William : THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

J. Tonson, London, 1734

12mo. Frontispiece by P. Foudrinier, 71pp. bound in recent paneled leather, single gilt rule border, spine lettering gilt. A lovely copy. No separate edition of this play appeared until the 1734 publication of competing editions by Jacob Tonson and Robert Walker, who both also issued it in sets of Shakepeare's complete works. TheTonson edtion offered here contains a piracy notice against Walker on page [3]. Jaggard, page 483.

Shakespeare, William : THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

For J. Tonson, London, 1734

12mo. engraved frontispiece, 71pp., bound in later 3/4 brown calf over brown cloth, spine gilt.This work first appeared in print in the first folio, never having been performed even though it was one of Shakespeare's very earliest plays written about 1592. Many of Shakespeare's plays were written in quarto prior to the publication of his First Folio. Eight separate editions were later published in 12mo. The same year, Tonson began publishing his series of these plays, R. Walker, another London publisher began doing the same. Walker claimed his text were based on original prompt-books. The angry Tonson began running an "advertisement" (present here) with a statement from the "Prompter to His Majesty's Company of Comedians at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane" denouncing Walker's claim. Walker in turn ran a notice in his editions denouncing Tonson. Tonson's editions preceded Walker's editions. A handsome copy. [Not in Pforzheimer]

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION

Shakespeare, William : The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Folio Society, 1974

Intro. by Denis Carey, Color Ills. are designs by J. Hutchinson Scott prepared for 1951 production by the Bristol Old Vic, Includes Glossary, Covers light green w/ gold & black feather design by Westwood, Grey and white marbled Slipcase, Book near fine, Slipcase shows slight wear at top edge of opening., Very Good with no dust jacket

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