18th-19th Century Editions

William Shakespeare, The Works Of Shakespear... [sic].
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1743-1744.
A six volume edition (volume six is displayed) edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer with almost forty copper plate engravings by Hubert François Gravelot and Francis Hayman. The edition is not held in high esteem due to some untidy editorial practices by Hanmer.

William Shakespeare. The Works of Shakespeare... Collated with the Oldest Copies and Corrected: With Notes, Explanatory, and Critical.
London: Printed for C. Hitch, L. Hawes…, 1757.
This eight volume set (volume 5 is displayed) was edited by the important Shakespeare scholar/editor Lewis Theobald (1688-1744).
Copper plate engravings by Hubert François Gravelot after Gerard Van der Gucht.