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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. : with a glossary, and notes, and a sketch of the life of Shakspeare : in two volumes

William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Robert Smirke (Illustrator), Henry Neill Paul (Former owner)
Print Book, English, 1829
Printed and published by J. & J. Harper, no. 82 Cliff-Street, New-York, 1829
2 v. : ill., 1 port. (wood engravings) ; 23 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. Glossary
Printed from the same type as The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, New-York, W. Borradaile, 1828
Printed in two columns
Added-engraved title pages lettered: Smith del., Smith sc. (v.1), and Smirke del., Smith sc. (v.2); New York, J. & J. Harper, 1829
Engraved frontispieces lettered: Engraved by Wm. D. Smith, N.Y. (v.1); Heath del., Smith sc. (v.2). Plays with an unlettered plate of woodcut engravings