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Shakespeare, William. The works of Shakspere

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Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Date
[between 1878 and 1892?]
Location
New York,  New York (State)
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
2 v.
Language
English
Size
39 cm
Genre
Promotional materials
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 335425
Folger call number: PR2755.K7 Z8e Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 486637
Accession Number: No case or acc. number present
Notes
Edition

Imperial ed

General notes

The American publishing house James S. Virtue succeeded Virtue & Yorston ca. 1878 Issued in 50 parts to subscribers only Added title-pages, engraved, with vignettes Issued with supplement: A biography of William Shakspere / by Charles Knight (originally published as v. 8 of Knight's Pictorial edition of Shakespeare, 1838-1843 under the title William Shakspere: a biography) Includes glossarial index and index to dramatis personae

Contents

v. 1. Notice of the original editions of the plays ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Love's labour's lost ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Comedy of errors ; Taming of the shrew ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; All's well that ends well ; Much ado about nothing ; Twelfth night ; As you like it ; Measure for measure ; Winter's tale ; Tempest ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1-2 ; The first part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster ; King Henry VI. Part 3 ; The second part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster ; King Richard III -- v. 2. King Henry VIII ; Essay on the three parts of King Henry VI and King Richard III ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Cymbeline ; Othello ; Timon of Athens ; King Lear ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; Two noble kinsmen ; Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Plays ascribed to Shakespere ; A brief notice of opinion on the writings of Shakespere ; Indexes

Item information about Folger PR2755.K7 Z8e Sh.Col

Issue in parts, in original printed wrappers with publisher's advertisements. Imperfect: Biography pts. 1-2 (40 p. each) only. Imprint 'Virtue & Yorston' obliterated on cover of pt. 1; stamped 'James S. Virtue.'

Also known as
Uniform title: Works. 1878. James S. Virtue
Extended title: The works of Shakspere / edited by Charles Knight ; with illustrations on steel from pictures by C.W. Cope, E.M. Ward, C.R. Leslie ... [et al]
Related names
author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
illustrator: Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890
illustrator: Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879
illustrator: Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
publisher: James S. Virtue (Firm)