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The works of William Shakespeare / the text revised by the Rev. Alexander Dyce ; in nine volumes.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869.; Holl, Francis, 1815-1884, printmaker.; Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, former owner.; Adams, Hugh, d. not before 1877, former owner.; Chatto & Windus (Firm), publisher.
1877
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Title
The works of William Shakespeare / the text revised by the Rev. Alexander Dyce ; in nine volumes.
Uniform title
Works. 1877. Chatto & Windus
Edition
3rd ed.
Created/published
London : Chatto and Windus, 1877 (London : Robson and Sons, printers)
Description
9 v. : ports., facsim. ; 22 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869.
Holl, Francis, 1815-1884, printmaker.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, former owner.
Adams, Hugh, d. not before 1877, former owner.
Chatto & Windus (Firm), publisher.
Note
Frontispiece portrait in v.2 lettered: Engraved by Francis Holl.

Same setting of type as the edition published 1875-1876 by Chapman & Hall.
Contents
v. 1. Some account of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure
v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. Triolus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar
v. 7. Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline
v. 8. Pericles ; Two noble kinsmen ; Poems
v. 9. Glossary.
Condition
1875-1877 v.5-9
1877a v.4,6-7,9
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2752 1875-1877 v.5-9 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Vols. 5-9 bound as a set with v. 1-4 of the identical edition published 1875-1876 by Chapman & Hall. Bookplate: Andrew Carnegie. Inscription: A. Carnegie, from his mother, Christmas 1879. Tree calf binding, with marbled endpapers; gilt edges. In manuscript: Gift of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, October 24, 1933.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present
Call number
PR2752 1877a Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Stamp: Hugh Adams, 20, Campden Hill Court, Kensington, W.S. Half bound in leather, with cloth boards; gilt top edge.
Folger accession
9/3/38