The works of William Shakespeare : the text formed from a new collation of the early editions : to which are added all the original novels and tales on which the plays are founded, copious archaeological annotations on each play, an essay on the formation of the text, and a life of the poet: / by James O. Halliwell ; the illustrations and wood-engravings by Frederick William Fairholt.

The works of William Shakespeare : the text formed from a new collation of the early editions : to which are added all the original novels and tales on which the plays are founded, copious archaeological annotations on each play, an essay on the formation of the text, and a life of the poet: / by James O. Halliwell ; the illustrations and wood-engravings by Frederick William Fairholt.

Works. 1853. C. & J. Adlard

London : Printed for the editor by C. and J. Adlard, 1853-1865.
London : Printed for the editor by J.E. Adlard

16 v. : ill., port., facsims. ; 40 cm

"Limited to one hundred and fifty copies."

Extracts from the novels and tales on which the plays are founded and sometimes reprints of the early quartos, are given in the introductions to the plays. The illustrations to the life (v. 1: p. 1-263) are mainly from Fairholt's "Home of Shakspere illustrated."

Facsimiles include many from the first folio, or from contemporary works, both manuscript and printed.

v. 1. Life of Shakespeare. Essay on the formation of the text. Tempest
v. 2. Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor. Local illustrations
v. 3. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors
v. 4. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost
v. 5. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice
v. 6. As you like it ; Taming of the shrew
v. 7. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night
v. 8. Winter's tale ; King John
v. 9. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1
v. 10. King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V
v. 11. King Henry VI ; King Richard III
v. 12. King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus
v. 13. Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar
v. 14. Macbeth ; Hamlet ; King Lear
v. 15. Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline, acts I-III
v. 16. Cymbeline, acts IV-V ; Pericles ; Poems.

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PR2752 1853-1865 copy 1 Sh.Col.

Copy no. 54, with autographs of C.& J. Allard and J.O. Halliwell. In manuscript: "The plates to this copy are on India paper." In manuscript, on note paper pasted in v.1: "Rec'd Riverdale May 2nd '90 of A.W. Griswold two dollars on account of bean poles bat of me, Edward J. Murray." On the list of subscribers, the name Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq. is marked with an "X." Notices to subscribers tipped inside front cover of v.2,6. Half bound in leather, with marbled boards and endpapers; printed waste.

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PR2752 1853-1865 copy 2 Sh.Col.

Copy no. 56, with autographs of C.& J. Allard and J.O. Halliwell. Bound in 32 volumes. Extra illustrated with 700 original aquarelles by Le Brun. Negative photostat of 1922 auction listing laid in v.1, removed to curatorial file. Bound in crushed goatskin with gold decoration and inlays; silk endpapers ; gilt top edges, other edges uncut. Each volume presented in a velvet-lined box.

PR2752 1853-1865 copy 3 Sh.Col.

Copy no. 112, with autographs of C.& J. Allard and J.O. Halliwell. Half bound in goatskin, with cloth boards; marbled endpapers; gilt top edges.

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