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United States
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Folger call number: PR2755.C5 F5 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 422177
Accession Number: cs1605
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Edition
The commemorative edition ...
General notes
"Copyright, 1899, by George Barrie & Son"--Title page verso Same setting of type as the A.W. Lovering edition copyrighted 1887 by George Barrie, with additional material by Charles Knight in v. 15-16 "In this edition the plates of the Boydell and Dramatic Galleries are in two printings; in addition, there is a complete set of the Dramatic Gallery on Dutch handmade paper, finished in water-colors. The commemorative edition is strictly limited to twelve copies"--half-title verso and facing recto Plates are photomechanical reproductions of steel engravings by Thomas Starling Includes indexes
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure -- v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 3. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it -- v. 4. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night -- v. 5. Winter's tale ; King John ; King Richard II -- v. 6. King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V -- v. 7. King Henry VI, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 -- v. 8. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus -- v. 10. Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens -- v. 6. Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet -- v. 12. King Lear ; Othello -- v. 13. Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles -- v. 14. Poems -- v. 15. Life and writings of Shakespeare. Plot and summary of each play -- v. 16. Variorum readings. Familiar quotations. Index to the familiar quotations. Index to the characters in the plays
Item information about Folger PR2755.C5 F5 Sh.Col
Copy no. 10. In publisher's red goatskin binding with gold filleting and spine titles, brown goatskin blue-grey sheepskin doublures, gold decorative tooling with Shakespeare's coat of arms; gilt edges; "Bound by Barrie"; in red cloth slipcase
Also known as
Extended title: The works of William Shakespeare / edited by William George Clark, M.A., and William Aldis Wright, M.A. ; with 171 engravings on steel after the Boydell illustrations, and sixty-four photogravures chiefly from life ; in sixteen volumes
Related names
associated with: Clark, William George, 1821-1878
associated with: Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914
associated with: Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
printmaker: Starling, Thomas
publisher: George Barrie & Son
binder: George Barrie & Son