Shakespeare, William. The works of William Shakespeare

Folger bibliographic ID: 302399
Folger call number: PR2752 1888-1890 copy 1 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 421528
Accession Number: cs915

Edition

Ed. de luxe

General notes

"Of this edition de luxe only 150 copies have been printed for sale"--Half-title verso Printed in two columns Also issued in small paper (25 cm), cataloged separately Portions of PR2752 1888-1890 copy 1 Sh.Col. also available as a digital reproduction

Contents

v. 1. Shakespeare as a playwright / Henry Irving. Love's labour's lost ; Comedy of errors ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Romeo and Juliet ; King Henry VI, part 1 -- v. 2. King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Henry VI, condensed by Charles Kemble ; Taming of the shrew ; Midsummer night's dream ; King Richard II -- v. 3. King Richard III ; King John ; Merchant of Venice ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 -- v. 4. Henry V ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Much ado about nothing ; As you like it ; Twelfth night -- v. 5. All's well that ends well ; Julius Caesar ; Measure for measure ; Troilus and Cressida ; Macbeth -- v. 6. Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Coriolanus ; King Lear -- v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Cymbeline ; Tempest ; Titus Andronicus ; Winter's tale -- v. 8. General introduction and life of Shakespeare / Edward Dowden. Hamlet ; King Henry VIII ; Pericles ; Poems. Index

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Extending the Book (ART Vol. a40 v. 11, 35)

Item information about Folger PR2752 1888-1890 copy 1 Sh.Col

Publisher's decorated cloth binding; gilt top edge. Bookplate: Henry Irving. Numbered '78' in red ink on half-title verso

Uniform title: Works. 1888. Blackie & Son
Extended title: The works of William Shakespeare / edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall ; with notes and introductions to each play by F.A. Marshall and other Shakespearian scholars, and numerous illustrations by Gordon Browne

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
associated with: Marshall, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1840-1889
associated with: Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
illustrator: Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932
former owner: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
former owner: Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
binder: Blackwell, Henry, 1851-1928
publisher: Blackie & Son
printer: W.G. Blackie and Co.