Dramatic works of Shakespeare : the text of the first edition, illustrated with etchings
8 volumes ; ill., plates, portrait, 21 cm.
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V. l: Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing
v. 2: Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew
v. 3: All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. King John. King Richard II
v. 4: King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. King Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1
v. 5: King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII
v. 6: Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus. Titus Andronicus. Romeo and Juliet
v. 7: Timon of Athens. Julius Caesar. Macbeth. Hamlet
v. 8: King Lear. Othello. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline
"Sange" printed on first folio recto of each volume
Includes preliminaries of the 1623 first folio ed. (Shakespeare's portrait)
Woodcut headpiece and initial at beginning of each play
"Of this issue of the Works of William Shakespeare there have been printed five hundred and fifty copies, of which this is No. 206" printed on folio 2 recto
Notice to the reader on folio 3 verso
Shakespeare's portrait is lettered on folio 4 verso: "Martin Droeshout: sculpsit London / A. Dowson, Photo Sc. / William Shakespeare."