Complete works of William Shakespeare / text revised and edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, together with his life of the poet, introductions to each drama, explanatory notes, and a full and complete glossary ; with prefaces by Israel Gollancz, William J. Rolfe, and Richard Henry Stoddard.

Complete works of William Shakespeare / text revised and edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, together with his life of the poet, introductions to each drama, explanatory notes, and a full and complete glossary ; with prefaces by Israel Gollancz, William J. Rolfe, and Richard Henry Stoddard.

Works. 1900. Merrill and Baker

Beaux-arts ed.

London ; New York : Merrill and Baker, [between 1900 and 1906] ([Aberdeen, Scotland] : Aberdeen University Press Limited)

10 v. : ill. ; 24 cm

Merrill and Baker was active between 1893 and 1906; Aberdeen University Press was registered as a public company in 1900.

v. 1. Preface to the fourth edition ; Preface to the third edition ; Preface to the second edition ; Preface to the edition of 1857 ; Some account of the life of Shakespeare ; Shakespeare's will ; Appendix ; Early editions ; Dedication &c ; Commendatory verses ; Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure
v. 2. The inner life of Shakespeare's spirit / by Edward Dowden ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice
v. 3. Preface to Shakespeare as a playwright / by Henry Irving ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale
v. 4. The last years of Shakespeare's life / by George Brandes ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. Introduction of Romeo and Juliet / by R.H. Stoddard ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet
v. 7. An essay toward the expression of Shakespeare's genius / by Richard Grant White ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet
v. 8. Introduction of Antony and Cleopatra / by W.J. Rolfe ; King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline
v. 9. Shakespeare as actor and retoucher of old plays / by George Brandes ; Pericles ; Two noble kinsmen ; Venus and Adonis ; Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Phoenix and turtle
v. 10. Glossary.

Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905. Shakespeare as a playwright.
Brandes, Georg, 1842-1927. Shakespeare as actor and retoucher of old plays.
Brandes, Georg, 1842-1927. Last years of Shakespeare's life.
White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885. Essay toward the expression of Shakespeare's genius.
Inner life of Shakespeare's spirit.
Shakespeare as a playwright.
Shakespeare as actor and retoucher of old plays.
Last years of Shakespeare's life.
Essay toward the expression of Shakespeare's genius.

Great Britain -- England -- London

PR2755.D8 H5 copy 1 Sh.Col.

Copy no. 810. Cloth binding; gilt top; uncut edges.

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PR2755.D8 H5 copy 2 Sh.Col.

Copy no. 122. Imperfect: v. 5 only. Half leather binding; gilt top; uncut edges.

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