1974 Songs from Shakespeare's Plays

An exceptionally bright example of the scarce 1813 twenty-one volume set of the plays of Shakespeare, supplemented with a wealth of comments and critical notices. The very scarce complete 1813 twenty-one volume edition of the plays of Shakespeare. Referred to as the Reed Edition of 1813, this is also known as Johnson-Steevens-Reed 6, the "sixth edition" by Johnson-Steevens, or the "second variorum edition". With notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, this edition was revised and augmented by Isaac Reed. Consisting of: Volume I - Prefatory material and critical analysis by Reed, Richardson, and Malone. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II - Essays by Farmer, Colman, lists of Editions, lists of Criticism, Commendatory verses, Malones "Attempt to Ascertain the Order of Shakespeare's Plays," Malone's essay on Ford's pamphlet, Steevens's remarks on the same. Volume III - Malone's Historical Account of the English Stage, and the Further Historical Account by Chalmers. With four folding plates. Volume IV - The Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Midsummer Night's Dream. Volume V - Merry Wives of Windsor; Twelfth Night. Volume VI - Much Ado About Nothing; Measure for Measure. Volume VII - Love's Labour's Lost; Merchant of Venice. Volume VIII - As You Like It; All's Well That Ends Well. Volume IX - Taming of the Shrew; Winter's Tale. Volume X - Macbeth; King John. Volume XI - King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1. With a folding plate. Volume XII - King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V. Volume XIII - King Henry VI, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2. Volume XIV - King Henry VI, Part 3; Dissertation, &c.; King Richard III. Volume XV - King Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida. Volume XVI - Coriolanus; Julius Caesar. Volume XVII - Antony and Cleopatra; King Lear. Volume XVIII - Hamlet; Cymbeline. Volume XIX - Timon of Athens; Othello. Volume XX - Romeo and Juliet; Comedy of Errors. Volume XXI - Titus Andronicus...

A beautiful and scarce 'Bell's Edition of Shakespeare', the vanishingly scarce large paper variant, illustrated with engraved plates. The very scarce complete twenty volume set. A large paper edition, uniformly bound in full morocco. In 1785, John Bell began to issue the 36 separate plays of Shakespeare individually, collecting them here in twenty volumes in 1788 as the 'Dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere'. The set is scarcely found complete. The first two volumes here are a remarkably comprehensive and broad 'Prolegomena' to Shakespeare's works, and offer interesting analysis of Shakespeare from an era where many of his plays were often interpreted differently, both in their production and in their critical reception. The subsequent eighteen volumes consist of the plays themselves, along with notes from Samuel Johnson and George Stevens, a highlight of this particular edition. Volumes I & II: Prolegomena To The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakespeare. Nine plates to volume I, and eight to volume II. Volume III: The Tempest and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Four plates. Volume IV: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Much Ado About Nothing. Four plates. Volume V: Measure for Measure and A Comedy of Errors. Four plates. Volume VI: Love's Labour's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Four plates. Volume VII: The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It. Four plates. Volume VIII: The Taming of The Shrew and All's Well That End's Well. Four plates. Volume IX: Twelfth Night and Winter's Tale. Four plates. Volume X: Macbeth and King John. Four plates. Volume XI: King Richard The Second...

An attractive fifteen volumes of the limited edition Bankside Shakespeare, edited by Appleton Morgan, and uniformly bound in half calf. One of 500 limited edition copies of the Bank...

A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere. Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation. In a beautiful c...

William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited edition Number 77 Circa 1912. Leatherbound. 15 volumes. Printed on handmade paper, burgundy Moroccan leather bound volumes of "The Works of Wil...

The Poems of William Shakespeare according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics, songs, and snatches found in his dramas; according to the text of the original co...

15 Volumes. William Shakespeare. The Plays. With corrections & Illustrations of various commentators to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Fourth Edition Wi...

19th century Shakespeare 10 volumes, circa 1894 Edited by William Aldis Wright Macmillan and Co., London and New York Each volume measures 7" wide x 10.5" high Offered as...