The works of William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce (Editor), John Forster (Former owner), Charles Robson, Chapman and Hall (Publisher), National Art Library (Great Britain). Dyce Collection, National Art Library (Great Britain). Forster Collection, Robson and Levey (Printer), Robson and Son (Printer)
Print Book, English, 1864-1867
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Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, London, 1864-1867
English drama
9 volumes : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
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v. 1. Life, 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; Midsummer night's dream; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. As you like it; Taming of the shrew; All's well that ends well; Twelfth night; Winter's tale
v. 4. King John; Richard II; Henry IV. Parts I and II; Henry V
v. 5. Henry VI Parts I, II and III; Richard III; Henry VIII
v. 6. Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus; Romeo and Juliet; Timon of Athens; Julius Cæsar
v. 7. Macbeth; Hamlet; King Lear; Othello; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline
v. 8. Pericles; The two noble kinsmen; Poems
v. 9. Glossary
A note in v. 8 states that the Glossary is to be issued as a separate volume "so that the edition will now consist of 9 volumes, instead of 8 as originally proposed. New title pages for the first 7 volumes are accordingly given with the present vol." The reissued title pages are all dated 1866, and state "In nine volumes."
Copy [A] donated by the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In cloth bindings of the original design, but on a different grained cloth; with the reissued title pages
Copy [B] donated by the Rev. Alexander Dyce; vol. 9 only, with ms. additions. Rebound
Copy [C] donated by John Forster. In the original cloth bindings, with the original title pages
Copy [D] donated by John Forster. Rebound; with the reissued title pages
Copy [E] consists of vols. 1-7 only. Annotated by John Forster in preparing the third edition; with ms. notes from the printer, Charles Robson, to John Forster inserted. In the original cloth, with the original title pages
Copy [F] consists of vols. 5 and 9 only; in the original cloth, with the original title pages
Dates of publication: v. 1-5: 1864; v. 6-7: 1865; v. 8: 1866; v. 9: 1867
Publisher's cloth case binding
This edition includes the "Two noble Kinsmen."
Vol. 4-9 with printer's imprint: London : Robson and Son, Great Northern Printing Works, Pancras Road, N.W