1803-1805 The Plays of William Shakespeare

Description

Leather Binding

Complete in ten volumes.

Uniformly bound in full red straight-grain morocco, with gilt detailing.

A complete collection of the monumental plays of Shakespeare, some of the most important contributions in English literature.

Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I, an engraved title page, and an engraved title page to each volume.

Including a life of Shakespeare by Rowe, the text of Shakespeare's will, historical accounts, and an extensive glossary.

Comprised of the following:

Volume I, containing 'The Tempest', 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'Merry Wives of Windsor', 'Twelfth Night' and 'Measure for Measure'.

Volume II, containing 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Love's Labour's Lost', 'Merchant of Venice' and 'As You Like It'.

Volume III, containing 'All's Well that Ends Well', 'Taming of the Shrew', 'Winter's Tale', 'Comedy of Errors' and 'Macbeth'.

Volume IV, containing 'King John', 'King Richard II', 'King Henry IV Part I and II' and King Henry V'.

Volume V, containing 'King Henry VI Part I, II and III' and 'King Richard III'.

Volume VI, containing 'King Henry VIII', 'Troilus and Cressida', 'Timon of Athens' and 'Coriolanus'. Volume VII, containing 'Julius Caesar', 'Antony and Cleopatra', 'Cymbeline', 'Titus Andronicus' and 'Pericles'.

Volume VIII, containing 'King Lear', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Hamlet' and 'Othello'.

Volume IX and X, containing prefaces and annotations of the various commentators.