The plays of William Shakespeare : in nine volumes
William Shakespeare, Charles Corrall (Printer), Augustus Fox (Engraver), William Pickering (Publisher), Joshua Reynolds (Illustrator), Thomas Stothard (Illustrator), Richard Westall (Illustrator), William Henry Worthington (Illustrator)
Specimens
9 volumes ; 89 mm
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V. 1. The tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth-Night
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Measure for measure ; Love's labours lost ; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale
v. 4. Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part I
v. 5. King Henry IV, part II ; King Henry V ; King Henry VI, part I ; King Henry VI, part II
v. 6. King Henry VI, part III ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 8. Cymbaline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles, Prince of Tyre ; King Lear
v. 9. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ; Othello, the Moor of Venice ; Glossary
Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in v. 1, engraved by Augustus Fox from a picture painted by T. Stothard from the rare print by Droeshout; with 37 additional engravings, one for each play, most drawn by T. Stothard (although there are some drawings by other artists such as R. Westall, H. Howard, W.H. Worthington, and Sir Joshua Reynolds), and engraved by Augustus Fox
Woodcut coat-of-arms of the Earl of Spencer on t.p. of each v.; dedication to Earl Spencer in v. 1
Printed in the publisher's Diamond Classics series, in miniature diamond type, by Charles Corrall