[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616); HAZLITT, WILLIAM (editor)]. The Dramatic Works, From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed, With Glossarial Notes, Life etc. London: Printed by G. Routledge & Co., 1857.
New edition. Hardcover. Leather-bound. Complete in four volumes. Small octavo (170 x 110 mm.), pp. [xix], 526; (4), 528; (4) 560; (4), 553. English text. Exquisitely bound in contemporary marbled calf, unsigned but clearly produced by a premier bindery; spines gilt with five raised bands, boards and edges gilt ruled, turn-ins blind ruled, all page edges and endpapers marbled. Contents arranged thus: v. 1: Life of William Shakespeare. Merry Wives of Windsor. Twelfth Night. The Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Measure For Measure. Much Ado About Nothing. Midsummer Night's Dream. Love's Labour's Lost. Merchant of Venice. As You Like It. -- v. 2: All's Well That Ends Well. Taming of the Shrew. Winter's Tale. Comedy of Errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. -- v. 3: Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus. -- v. 4: Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Cymbeline. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete, bindings tight and secure, cover and contents beautifully preserved, some minor fox spots and contemporary inscriptions to endpapers. A magnificent set and scarce thus.
