The dramatic works of William Shakspeare
Print Book, English, 1814
Whittingham's edition View all formats and editions
Printed by C. Whittingham, sold by Carpenter and Son; J. Carr; Sharpe and Hailes; Gale, Curtis, and Fenner; R. Jennings; and J. Martin, Chiswick [London], 1814
wood engravings (prints)
7 v. : ill., 1 port. (wood engravings) ; 12 cm (8vo)
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v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well
v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II
v. 4. King Henry IV ; King Henry V ; King Henry VI, parts 1-2
v. 5. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens
v. 6. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus
v. 7. Pericles ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
Volume 1 vol. half-title reads: "Shakspeare : in seven volumes : with two hundred and thirty embellishments : a life of the poet : the preface by Dr. Johnson : and a glossarial index."
Each play with an individual title page reading "from the Chiswick Press" dated 1813. Plays with separate pagination and signatures
Vignette engravings on divisional play title pages and at the top of each act by John Thompson
"Remarks on the life and writings of William Shakspeare, written expressly for this edition by John Britton", and Johnson's preface in v.1. Glossarial index in v. 7
With four final leaves of Whittingham's advertisements in v. 7