The dramatic works of William Shakspeare
Print Book, German, 1814-[1818]
Whittingham's ed View all formats and editions
Sold by Carpenter and Son, London, 1814-[1818]
7 volumes : illustrations ; 12 cm
19086534
(Plays dated 1813 unless noted): v. 1. Remarks on the life and writings of William Shakspeare. Written expressly for this edition, by John Britton, F.S.A. List of detached essays and dissertations on the writings of Shakspeare. Preface by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. 1817. Twelfth-night; or, What you will. Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing. A midsummer-night's dream. 1817. Love's labour's lost. Merchant of Venice. 1816. As you like it. 1816. All's well that ends well. 1817
v. 3. Taming of the shrew. 1817. Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. 1817
v. 4. King Henry IV. Part I-II. King Henry V. 1817. King Henry VI. Part I-II
v. 5. King Henry VI. Part III. Life and death of King Richard III. 1816. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens
v. 6. Coriolanus. 1817. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. 1817. Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus
v. 7. Periclues, prince of Tyre. King Lear. 1817. Romeo and Juliet. 1817. Hamlet, prince of Denmark. 1816. Othello, the Moor of Venice. 1817. Glossary
On half t.p.: Shakspeare in seven volumes. With two hundred and thirty embellishments; a life of the poet; the preface by Dr. Johnson, and a glossarial index
Spine title: Shakspeare's plays
Each play has separate paging and t.p. with ill. and imprint "From the Chiswick press", dated 1813, 1816, 1817 or 1818
Vol. 1 includes: Remarks on the life and writings of William Shakspeare. Written expressly for this edition by John Britton. List of detached essays and dissertations on the writings of Shakspeare. Preface by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Vol. 7 has glossary