Macbeth ; a tragedy ... printed from the text of Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, as last rev. by Isaac Reed ; with selected and original anecdotes and annotations, biographical, explanatory, critical and dramatic.

Title: Macbeth ; a tragedy ... printed from the text of Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, as last rev. by Isaac Reed ; with selected and original anecdotes and annotations, biographical, explanatory, critical and dramatic.
list of authors: Shakespeare, William
Publisher: Matthews and Leigh
Date: 1807
General Notes: NEED TO CHECK IF OURS IS THE FOLIO EDITION. Issued as a supplement to the Cabinet; or, Monthly report of polite literature.A variorum edition with no editor named.
There exist two issues of Macbeth published by Mathews and Leigh in 1807 which can be distinguished by format: this issue is a folio with leaves measuring approximately 24 cm high and 21 cm wide. The other issue is a quarto with leaves measuring approximately 21 cm high and 12 cm wide.
Signatures: pi1 [A]² B-2Z² 3B-3N²; leaves 3H1, 3I1, 3K1 missigned ’H’, ’I’, and ’2K’, respectively.
With a half-title.; Bound in original blue paste boards with taped spine. Pencil note on inner board reads Large Paper Very scarce.
uri: http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=73312; https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001004404; http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/814401731
list of editors: Reed, Isaac
Spatial Coverage: London
Identifier: PR2823.A2R3
locator: Archives Storage