Shakespeare, William. The works of William Shakspere : dramatic and poetical : with an account of his life and writings

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Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Date

1856

Location

Edinburgh : (Edinburgh
London, England
Great Britain

Media format

Printed text

Extent

12 v.

Language

English

Size

15 cm

Genre

Promotional materials

Reference IDs

Folger bibliographic ID: 265071
Folger call number: PR2752 1856g1 copy 4 Sh.Col
Folger holdings ID: 350703
Accession Number: 6779

Notes

Edition

Knight's cabinet ed., with additional notes

General notes

At head of title, v. 12: Chambers's improved issue of Knight's cabinet edition Engraved title-pages lettered: W. & A.K. Johnston, Edin'r. Illustrated divisional title-pages engraved by C. Gray, J. Bastin, J. Jackson, W.T. Green, G. Dalziel, T. Williams, A.J. Mason Some vols. have a variant imprint: London ; Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers

v. 1. Two gentlemen of Verona ; Comedy of errors ; Love's labour's lost ; All's well that ends well -- v. 2. Midsummer night's dream ; Taming of the shrew ; Merchant of Venice ; Much ado about nothing -- v. 3. Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night ; As you like it ; Measure for measure -- v. 4. Winter's tale ; Tempest ; King John ; King Richard II -- v. 5. King Henry IV ; Henry V -- v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III -- v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet -- v. 8. Cymbeline ; Othello ; King Lear -- v. 9. Macbeth ; Timon of Athens ; Troilus and Cressida ; Pericles -- v. 10. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 11. Poems. Facts connected with the life and writings of William Shakspere -- v. 12. Studies of Shakspere

Item information about Folger PR2752 1856g1 copy 4 Sh.Col

Imperfect: v.8-9 only. Bookseller's ticket: Gilbert Brothers, booksellers. Publisher's cloth binding, with gold stamp. Gift of Henry N. Paul

Also known as

Uniform title: Works. 1856. W. & R. Chambers
Extended title: The works of William Shakspere : dramatic and poetical : with an account of his life and writings
Alternate titles: Works of William Shakespeare

Related names

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
printmaker: Gray, Charles, 1810-approximately 1845
printmaker: Bastin, J.
printmaker: Jackson, John, 1778-1831
printmaker: Green, W. T., active 1837-1872
former owner: Clare, Thomas James, active 1856
former owner: Warner, Chas. (Charles), active 1859
former owner: Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954
printmaker: Dalziel, George, 1815-1902
printmaker: Williams, Thomas, approximately 1800-
printmaker: Mason, Abraham John, 1794-1858