[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM]. The Plays. London: Printed for Longman and Co.; F. and J. Rivington; [and 29 others], 1847.
NEW EDITION. Complete in eight volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (22 x 14 cm); pp. [xlviii], 182, 286; [2], 458; [2], 519; [2], 489; [2], 575; [2], 621; [2], 554, [1]; [2], 540. English text, accurately printed from the text of the original copies left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmond Malone, Esq., with Mr. Malone's various readings; a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, & a life of Shakespeare. Handsomely bound in contemporary full calf gilt; all page edges gilt; yellow endpapers; initial and terminal blanks; portrait frontispiece; glossary; printed footnotes. Printed by Gilbert & Rivington, St. John's Square, London. Contents: (1) The Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Merry Wives of Windsor; (2) Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer-Night's Dream; Love's Labour's Lost; (3) The Merchant of Venice; As You Like It; All's Well that Ends Well; The Taming of the Shrew; Winter's Tale; (4) The Comedy of Errors; Macbeth; King John; King Richard II; King Henry IV. Part I; (5) King Henry IV. Part II; King Henry V; King Henry VI, Part I; King Henry VI, Part II; King Henry VI, Part III; (6) King Richard III; King Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida; Timon of Athens; Coriolanus; (7) Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Titus Andronicus; Pericles; (8) King Lear; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges and joints intact. Very light surface wear to covers. Interiors very well-preserved, remaining fresh and clean, without previous ownership markings. A most handsome set.
