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The plays of William Shakespeare / edited by Thomas Keightley.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Keightley, Thomas, 1789-1872.; Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, former owner.; Wheatley, C., d. not before 1894, bookseller.; J.S. Virtue and Co., publisher.
1892
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Title
The plays of William Shakespeare / edited by Thomas Keightley.
Uniform title
Plays. 1892. J.S. Virtue & Co.
Created/published
London : J.S. Virtue & Co., [1892-1894]
Description
4 v. : ill. ; 28 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Keightley, Thomas, 1789-1872.
Platt, Isaac Hull, 1853-1912, former owner.
Wheatley, C., d. not before 1894, bookseller.
J.S. Virtue and Co., publisher.
Note
Publication date from Jaggard.

Printed from the same type as the 1865 1-volume edition.

Also issued in 14 parts.

Illustrated with photogravure portraits of the leading actors of the day.
Contents
v. 1. Comedy of errors ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Love's labour's lost ; All's well that ends well ; Midsummer night's dream ; Taming of the shrew ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Much ado about nothing ; Merry wives of Windsor
v. 2. 1 Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Winter's tale ; Tempest ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V ; King Henry VI, Part 1
v. 3. King Henry VI, Part 2-3 ; King Richard III ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello
v. 4. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; King Lear ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus.
Folger-specific note
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.
Cited/described in
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 552
Genre/form
Publishers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2755.K4 D3 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Issue in 14 parts, with title pages and preliminaries in pt. 14. Imperfect: lacking photogravures. In original printed paper wrappers.
Folger accession
8.14.47
Call number
PR2755.K4 D3b Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Bookplate: Isaac Hull Platt. Bookseller's ticket in v. 2-3: C. Wheatley, Bookseller and binder, Queen Street, Nottingham. Publisher's cloth binding, with publisher's advertisements bound at end of each volume.
Folger accession
cs877