1803-4 The Plays of William Shakespeare

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding

Printed by the noted Thomas Bensley. 

An eight volume, complete set in the original Regency binding. 

Illustrated with a monochrome steel engraved frontispiece to ‘Volume I’, and title page vignettes to each volume.

Bound in full tree calf.

A collection of the dramatic works of the celebrated William Shakespeare, including his best known plays such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'The Tempest'. This collection features Rowe's biography on the life of Shakespeare, and observations of each play.

The collection includes; 'Volume I- The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, and Measure For Measure', 'Volume II-Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer's Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It', 'Volume III-All's Well That Ends Well, Taming of the Shrew, Winter's Tale, Comedy of Errors, and Macbeth', 'Volume IV-King John, King Richard II, King Henry. Part I and II, and King Henry V', 'Volume V-King Henry VI. Part I, II, and III, and King Richard III', 'Volume VI- King Henry VIII, Troilus and Cressida, Timon Of Athens, and Coriolanus', 'Volume VII-Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, and Pericles', and 'Volume VIII- King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Othello'.