THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN 9 MINIATURE VOLUMES 1825

THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN 9 MINIATURE VOLUMES 1825

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[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM]. The Plays. London: William Pickering, MDCCCXXV. [1825].

Pickering's miniature edition. Complete in 9 volumes; cloth-bound; hardcover; miniature - 48mo (8.2cm x 4.5cm); vol 1: [vi] 306 pp.; vol 2: 279 pp.; vol 3: 294 pp.; vol 4: 326 pp.; vol. 5: 321 pp.; vol. 6: 348 pp.; vol. 7: 320 pp.; vol. 8: 315 pp.; vol. 9: 279 pp. [liv]. English text. Bound blue moire cloth, gilt; all page edges gilt; yellow endpapers; half-titles; head- and tail-pieces; 'Glossary' to final volume. The contents are as follows: Vol. I - 'The Tempest'; 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'; 'Midsummer-Night's Dream'; 'Merry Wives of Windsor'; 'Twelfth Night'. Vol. II - 'Much Ado About Nothing'; 'Measure for Measure'; 'Love's Labour's Lost'; 'Merchant of Venice'. Vol. III - 'As You Like It'; 'All's Well That Ends Well'; 'Taming of the Shrew'; 'WInter's Tale'. Vol. IV - 'Comedy of Errors'; 'Macbeth'; 'King John'; 'King Richard II'; 'King Henry IV - Part I'. Vol. V - 'King Henry IV - Part II'; 'King Henry V'; 'King Henry VI - Part I'; King Henry VI - Part II'.Vol. VI - 'King Henry VI - Part III'; 'King Richard III'; 'King Henry VIII'; 'Troilus and Cressida'. Vol. VII - 'Timon of Athens'; 'Coriolanus'; 'Julius Caesar'; 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Vol. VIII - 'Cymbeline'; 'Titus Andronicus'; 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre'; 'King Lear'. Vol. IX - 'Romeo and Juliet'; 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'; 'Othello, Moor of Venice'; 'Glossary' [Lowndes IV: 2266]. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure. Covers well-preserved with some very light rubbing to spine ends. Contents largely fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.

Notes: A handsome and beautifully printed miniature edition of the dramatic works of Shakespeare. 'The smallest edition ever printed.' (Lowndes). William Pickering was an English publisher notable for introducing cloth binding to British publishing.