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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare; with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected

Print Book, English, 1836
Hilliard, Gray, and company, Boston, 1836
7 v. front. (port.) 27 cm.
2095333
V. 1. Life. New facts regarding the life of Shakspeare [by J. P. Collier] Shakspeare's will. Preface of the players [1623] Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing
v. 2. Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew
v. 3. Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1
v. 4. Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3
v. 5. Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus
v. 6. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles
v. 7. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello
Large paper copy
Edited by Oliver W. B. Peabody; based on Singer's edition, "carefully compared" with the folio of 1623; with the life by Dr. Symmons, revised, and "New facts" by Collier. The first critical American edition. cf. Preface and J. Sherzer, American editions of Shakespeare (Modern lang. assoc. Publ., v. 22, pp. 658-659)