Shakespeare, William. The works of William Shakespeare

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibl.: p. 553
Folger bibliographic ID: 266214
Folger call number: PR2752 1896f copy 4 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 356679
Accession Number: cs205

Edition

The "Falstaff" ed. of Shakespeare

General notes

Spine label: The complete works of William Shakespeare, being the Falstaff edition issued by Bliss, Sands & company publishers of London in the year eighteen hundred & ninety six Illustrated title page printed in black and red "In this, the "Falstaff" edition of Shakespeare's works, the order in which the plays are presented is that of the first folio, edition of 1623, "Pericles," which was not included in that edition, and the poems, being added at the end of the volume. ... For the most part, the text of Delius has been followed."--cf. p. [4] Publisher's advertisements, p. [2]-[5] at end

Contents

Tempest -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Merry wives of Windsor -- Measure for measure -- Comedy of errors -- Much ado about nothing -- Love's labour's lost -- Midsummer night's dream -- Merchant of Venice -- As you like it -- Taming of the shrew -- All's well that ends well -- Twelfth night -- King John -- King Richard II -- King Henry IV, part 1 -- King Henry IV, part 2 -- King Henry V -- King Henry VI, part 1 -- King Henry VI, part 2 -- King Henry VI, part 3 -- King Richard III -- King Henry VIII -- Troilus and Cressida -- Coriolanus -- Titus Andronicus -- Romeo and Juliet -- Timon of Athens -- Julius Caesar -- Macbeth -- Hamlet -- King Lear -- Othello -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- Pericles -- Poems

Item information about Folger PR2752 1896f copy 4 Sh.Col

Publisher's green cloth binding

Uniform title: Works. 1896. Bliss, Sands & Co

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Delius, Nikolaus, 1813-1888
former owner: Austin, Esther
former owner: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
former owner: Lang, Mrs.
binder: Henry Sotheran Ltd.