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Dicks' complete edition of Shakspere's works : with thirty-seven illustrations and a memoir.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Williamson, active 19th century, printmaker.; Moore, active 19th century, printmaker.; Bandmann-Palmer, Millicent, 1845-1926, former owner.; John Dicks (Firm), publisher.; Birmingham Public Libraries, former owner.
1866
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Title
Dicks' complete edition of Shakspere's works : with thirty-seven illustrations and a memoir.
Uniform title
Works. 1866. J. Dicks
Created/published
London (313, Strand) : John Dicks, [between 1866 and 1869?]
Description
xii, 1,007 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 19 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Williamson, active 19th century, printmaker.
Moore, active 19th century, printmaker.
Bandmann-Palmer, Millicent, 1845-1926, former owner.
John Dicks (Firm), publisher.
Birmingham Public Libraries, former owner.
Note
Illustrations engraved by Williamson, Moore, and others.

The table of contents is erroneous, as in Dicks' dated edition published 1864.

With advertisements for J. Dicks' editions of Bow Bells v. 1-4, compiled ca. 1866, and the "shortly to be ready" works of Lord Byron, published ca. 1869.

"One shilling."--Title page
Contents
Sketch of the life of Shakspere
Hamlet
Othello
Winter's tale
Cymbeline
Midsummer night's dream
Tempest
King Richard II
King Henry IV
Henry V
King Henry VI
King Richard III
King Henry VIII
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
Comedy of errors
Much ado about nothing
King John
Merry wives of Windsor
Twelfth night
Two gentlemen of Verona
As you like it
All's well that ends well
Macbeth
Merchant of Venice
Timon of Athens
Taming of the shrew
Pericles
Titus Andronicus
Julius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Troilus and Cressida
Measure for measure
Love's labour's lost
Miscellaneous poems.
Condition
copy 2
Genre/form
Publishers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2754 1f1 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Stamp: Gift of Birmingham Public Libraries. Half bound in leather, with marbled boards.
Folger accession
2-14-50
Call number
PR2754 1f1 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: last leaf of advertisements missing. Autograph: Mrs. Bandmann-Palmer, 35 Gloucester Road, Kew. Manuscript markings throughout. Half bound in leather, with marbled boards.
Folger accession
cs1622