WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE BORN APRIL 23, 1564, DIED APRIL 23, 1616.

Humphry,

Engraved by C. Knight, from a Drawing of the same size, made by Ozins & from the original Picture in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Chandos.

London. Publish'd as the Act directs. Feb! 1 1786, by J. Rivington & Partners.

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CORRECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

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VARIOUS COMMENTATORS;

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

AN ESSAY ON THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
OF HIS PLAYS;

AN ESSAY RELATIVE TO SHAKSPEARE AND JONSON;
A DISSERTATION ON THE THREE PARTS
OF KING HENRY VI.;

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE;
AND NOTES;

BY EDMOND MALONE.

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