The pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere / edited by Charles Knight.

The pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere / edited by Charles Knight.

Works. 1843. Knight

London : Charles Knight and Co., [between 1843 and 1860?]

8 v. : ill. ; 25 cm

Preface of Histories, v. 1, the first published, dated 1839.

Printers statements vary: Richard Clay, Bread Street Hill (v. 2, 3, 4, 7) and William Clowes (v. 5, 8).

Illustrations are wood engravings by various artists.

Includes indexes to illustrations, characters, and a glossary.

There is no general title page for the biography volume, only an illustrated volume title page which reads: William Shakspere, a biography.

Folger PR2755.K7 D Sh.Col. contents: [v. 1] Comedies, v. 1: Two gentlemen of Verona ; Love's labour's lost ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Comedy of errors ; Taming of the shrew ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice -- [v. 2] Comedies, v. 2: All's well that ends well ; Much ado about nothing ; Twelfth night ; Postscript to Twelfth night ; As you like it ; Measure for measure ; Winter's tale ; Tempest -- [v. 3] Histories, v. 1: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V -- [v. 4] Histories, v. 2: Essay on the three parts of King Henry VI, and King Richard III ; King Henry VI, Part 1 ; King Henry VI, Part 2 ; First part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster ; King Henry VI, Part 3 ; Second part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- [v. 5] Tragedies, v. 1: Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Cymbeline ; Othello ; Timon of Athens ; King Lear -- [v. 6] Tragedies, v. 2, Poems: Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Supplementary notice to the three Roman plays ; Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Verses among the additional poems to Chester's Love's martyr, 1601 ; Supplementary notice to the poems ; Postscript to the sixth volume -- [v. 7] Doubtful plays, &c: Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; Two noble kinsmen ; Plays ascribed to Shakspere ; Appendix: Dedication, address, and commentary verses, prefixed to the editions of 1623 and 1632 ; A history of opinion on the writings of Shakspere ; Shakspere in Germany ; Index ; Index to the characters of the plays -- [v. 8] William Shakspere : a biography.
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.

PR2755.K7 D v.1, 2

William Shakspere, a biography.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2755.K7 D Sh.Col.

v. 2 with imprint Routledge, Warne and Routledge. Annotations and manuscript markings by William Winter; specimens of plants mentioned in Hamlet, act 5, scene 1, taken from Shakespeare's Birthplace by Caroline Chattaway and presented to William Winter laid in v. 8. Each volume contains bookplate and autograph of William Winter and autograph of Elizabeth Campbell Winter; v. 1 and 8 include presentation statements from Joseph Jefferson to William Winter; v. 8 includes presentation statement from William Winter to Elizabeth Campbell Winter and a note by William Jefferson Winter. Red calf binding, gilt edges.

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