With engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Vertue dated 1721. The
'Life' is by Rowe. Vols. ii-vi are dated 1723. The additional
volume contains the Poems, with an essay on the stage and a
glossary, 'The Whole Revis'd and Corrected, with a Preface, By Dr.
Sewell,' and the imprint 'London; Printed by J. Darby, for A.
Bettesworth, F. Fayram, W. Mears, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C.
Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, E. Symon. M.DCC.XXV.' The 'Essay' in
this volume is by C. Gildon. The texts of 'The Tempest' and 'A
Midsummer Night's Dream' in vol. i, and of 'King Lear' in vol. iii,
are corrected throughout in Capell's hand.
The Works of Shakespeare: in seven Volumes. Collated with the Oldest
Copies, and Corrected; With Notes, Explanatory, and Critical: By Mr.
Theobald. I, Decus, i, nostrum: melioribus utere Fatis. Virg. _London:
Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Tonson, F. Clay, W. Feales,
and R. Wellington._ MDCCXXXIII.