The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with glossarial notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare : in two volumes
William Shakespeare, George Steevens (Editor), Robert Smirke (Illustrator), George B. Ellis (Printmaker), Jedediah Howe (Stereotyper), Henry Neill Paul (Former owner), M'Carty & Davis (Publisher), H.C. Carey & I. Lea (Firm) (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1824
M'Carty & Davis, and H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia, 1824
Drama
2 v. : ill. (engraving) ; 22 cm (8vo)
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v. 1. Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure ; 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 ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 2. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
Stereotyper information precedes publisher information on title page; "Philadelphia" follows name
Added engraved title page reads: The plays of William Shakspeare : illustrated with engravings by George B. Ellis from the designs of R. Smirke R.A. ... 1824
Publisher's original spine labels read: Shakspeare in two vols. : with elegant engravings
Added engraved title page and frontispiece lettered: Painted by R. Smirke, R.A.; engraved by G.B. Ellis
Printed in two columns