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Shakspeare's dramatic works : in five volumes.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, printmaker.; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, illustrator.; Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illustrator.; Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illustrator.; Opie, John, 1761-1807, illustrator.; Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, illustrator.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Thomas Tegg and Son, publisher.; Ackermann and Co., publisher.
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Title
Shakspeare's dramatic works : in five volumes.
Uniform title
Plays. 1838. Tegg & Son
Edition
2nd ed.
Created/published
London : Published for the proprietor, by T. Tegg & Son; and Ackermann & Co., 1838.
Description
5 v. : ill. ; 11 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, printmaker.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, illustrator.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illustrator.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illustrator.
Opie, John, 1761-1807, illustrator.
Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, illustrator.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Thomas Tegg and Son, publisher.
Ackermann and Co., publisher.
Series statement
Illustrated British classics
Note
Plays paged separately, with individual engraved title-pages.

Frontispieces engraved by Lizars, after illustrations by Fuseli, R. Smirke, J. Northcote, Opie, and J. Hoppner.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentleman of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost
v. 2. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew ; Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; Antony and Cleopatra
v. 3. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 ; King Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2
v. 4. King Henry VI, part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus & Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar
v. 5. Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles, Prince of Tyre ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.
Condition
270556
270557
copy 2:v.1,3,5
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 522
Series
Illustrated British classics.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2752 1838j copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Publisher's cloth binding, with blind stamp; decorated endpapers, gilt edges. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs915
Call number
PR2752 1838j copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Leather binding, with intricate blind stamp; decorated endpapers, gilt edges. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Folger accession
cs406