The Works of William Shakespeare (v.16)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The Works of William Shakespeare (v.16)
Classmark: BC Gen qq/SHA
Creator(s): Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Additional creator(s): Halliwell-Phillipps, J O (1820-1889) (Other); Fairholt, F W (1814-1866) (Other)
Related people: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O; Fairholt, F. W
Publisher: Printed for the editor by J. E. Adlard
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1853-65
Language: English
Size and medium: 16 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/289860
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002757109705181
Description
"Limited to one hundred and fifty copies."
Extracts from the novels and tales on which the plays are founded and sometimes reprints of the early quartos, are given in the introductions to the plays. The illustrations to the life (v. 1: p. 1-263) are mainly from Fairholt's "Home of Shakspere illustrated".
Facsimiles include many from the first folio, or from contemporary works, both manuscript and printed.
Vols. 1-2, printed by C. and J. Adlard.
Contents: v. 1. Life of Shakespeare. Essay on the formation of the text. The tempest.--v. 2. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Local illustrations--Windsor and Brentford. l854.--v. 3. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. 1854.--v. 4. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. 1855.--v. 5. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. 1856.--v. 6. As you like it. Taming of the shrew. 1856.--v. 7. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night, or, What you will. 1857.--v. 8. Winter's tale. King John. l859.--v. 9. Richard II. Henry V, pt. 1. 1859.--v. 10. Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. 1861.--v. 11. Henry VI, pt. 1-3. Richard III. 1863.--v. 12. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus. 1864.--v. 13. Titus Andronicus. Romeo and Juliet.
Timon of Athens. Julius Caesar. 1864.--v. 14. Macbeth. Hamlet. King Lear. 1865.--v. 15. Othello. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline, acts I-III. 1865.--v. 16. Cymbeline, acts IV-V. Pericles. Poems. 1865.
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