The dramatic works of Shakspeare
William Shakespeare, Charles Symmons, James Russell Lowell (Former owner), Henry Neill Paul (Former owner)
Print Book, English, MDCCCXXVIII [1828]
Printed by C. and C. Whittingham. Sold by Carpenter and Son, Old Bond Street; T. Hurst and Co., St. Paul's Church Yard; N. Hailes, Piccadilly; J. Poole, Newgate Street; Cowie and Co., and R. Jennings, Poultry; and C.S. Arnold, Tavistock Street, Chiswick [London, England], MDCCCXXVIII [1828]
Booksellers' advertisements England London 19th century
8 v. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 12 cm (16mo)
13659693
v. 1. Life of Shakspeare / by Charles Symmons. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-night ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 6. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus
v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles
v. 8. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello. Glossary
Date from vol. half-titles, which read: The dramatic works of Shakspeare, with a Life, and glossary, eight volumes
Printer information from colophon
Vol. title pages are engraved embellished with a wood-engraved vignette; v. 2 lettered: W. Harvey del., Thompson sc. Volumes are variously embellished with unlettered wood engravings
Price: "24s." (original paper spine label)
Four leaves of advertisements for "Works printed at the Chiswick Press" in v. 10