The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. ; with a series of engravings, from the original designs of Henry Fuseli, Esq. ... and a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most eminent commentators ; A history of the stage, A life of Shakspeare, &c.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Henry Fuseli (Illustrator), Alexander Chalmers
Print Book, English, 1811
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9 v. : ill., 1 port. (engravings) ; 23 cm. (8vo)
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v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost
v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the Shrew ; Winter's tale
v. 4. Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1
v. 5. King Henry IV, part 2 ; King Henry V ; King Henry VI, parts 1-2
v. 6. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 8. Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; King Lear
v. 9. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
Not to be confused with either of the J. Nichols and Son, [etc.] 1811 Plays of William Shakspeare, in eight or in ten volumes
Edition statement precedes "in nine volumes" on vol. title page. Printer information from colophon; "London" follows address
Volumes with half-titles and vol. title pages; plays with divisional titles
With the prefaces of Chalmers, Johnson, and Pope, Malone's Historical account of the English stage, and a sketch of the Life of Shakespeare in v. 1. Glossarial index in v. 9