[1873-1876] The Works of Shakespeare

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The Imperial edition of this remarkable work edited by Charles knight, containing the works of William Shakespeare. In two volumes. Dated from Jisc 1873-1876. 

Containing a complete collection of Shakespeare's works, as well the bard's carefully revised biography by Charles Knight bound in with volume two. 

Illustrated with stunning illustrations on steel from pictures by C W Cope, W P Frith, C R Leslie, et al. 

William Shakespeare is regarded to this day as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist; he is known as England's national poet and "the Bard of Avon." His plays have been translated in every major language, and performed a great amount. His works are studied and reinterpreted constantly.

Volume I contains a notice of the original editions of the plays, comedies such as 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona,' 'The Taming of the Shrew,' 'A Midsummer night's Dream,' 'As You Like It,' &c. and histories such as 'King John,' 'King Richard II,' 'King Henry IV,' and others.

Volume II continues with the histories, and includes an essay on the three parts of King Henry VI and King Richard III, as well as comprising tragedies such as 'Romeo and Juliet,' ;King Lear,' and 'Antony and Cleopatra,' poems e.g. 'Venus and Adonis,' 'A Lover's Complaint,' and plays ascribed to Shakespeare such as 'Locrine,' 'King Edward III,' 'The Puritan,' and 'The Birth of Merlin.' This volume also includes a brief notice of opinion in the writings of Shakespeare and thorough indexed. 

Collated, volume one lacks nine plates of twenty seven, being the plate facing pages 61 'The Nine Worthies,' 79 'Falstaff and His Friends,' 135 'Christopher Sly,' 325 'Orlando and the Wrestler,' 534 'Prince Henry, Poins, and Falstaff,' 578 'The Lady's Taylor,' 637 'The Wooing of Henry V,' 647 'Talbot and the Countess of Auvergne,' and 657 'The Scene in the Temple Garden.' Volume II only lacks four plates of eighteen, being the plates facing pages 158 'Ophelia,' 223 'Othello Relating his Adventures,' 385 'Troilus and Cressida,' and 457 'The Death of Julius Caesar.'