The plays of Shakspeare : with historical notices, glossarial notes, &c. : in five volumes.

The plays of Shakspeare : with historical notices, glossarial notes, &c. : in five volumes.

Plays. 1835. Clark

Magnet ed.

London : William Mark Clark, 1835 ([London] (Upper Southampton Street, Pentonville) : T. Foale, printer)

5 v. : port. ; 15 cm

Frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare lettered: Engraved by P. Rothwell for the Magnet edition of British poets; Published by William Mark Clark, 1834.

Not in Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography.

"In this edition of the works of William Shakspeare, the plays are classified, with little variation, in their historical order; having reference to the country in which the action is laid, and the era at which it is supposed to have taken place; those founded on British history commencing the series."--Title page verso.

With errata lists.

v. 1. Biographical sketch of William Shakspeare. King Lear ; Macbeth ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, Part 1 ; King Henry IV, Part 2 ; Henry V
v. 2. King Henry VI, Part 1 ; King Henry VI, Part 2 ; King Henry VI, Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Cymbeline
v. 3. Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Pericles ; Hamlet ;
v. 4. Othello ; Romeo and Juliet ; Midsummer night's dream ; Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Twelfth night ; Love's labour's lost ; All's well that ends well ; Comedy of errors
v. 5. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Much ado about nothing ; Measure for measure ; Winter's tale ; Taming of the shrew ; Merry wives of Windsor.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2752 1835e Sh.Col.

Imperfect: v.5 incomplete, supplemented by individual acting editions for Measure for measure, Taming of the shrew, Merry wives of Windsor, and Winter's tale; all replacement plays cataloged separately except Measure for measure, which is lacking a t.p. Manuscript pencil sketches in v.5. Cloth binding.

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