Samuel Johnson book The Plays of William Shakespeare
The Plays of William Shakespeare, Vol. I (1765), Preface
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The Plays of William Shakespeare was an 18th-century edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Johnson announced his intention to edit Shakespeare's plays in his Miscellaneous Observations on Macbeth , and a full Proposal for the edition was published in 1756. The edition was finally published in 1765.
