[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)]. The Plays. Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steevens's Last Edition. London: Printed by H. Baldwin and Son for C. Dilly; J. Johnson; G., G., and J. Robinson; R. Baldwin; H.L. Gardner; J. Sewell; W., J., and J. Richardson; J. Nichols; F. and C. Rivington; T. Payne, R. Faulder; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie; J. and W. Bent; J. Walker; W. Clarke and Son; J. Barker; J. Edwards; D. Ogilvy and Son; J. Cuthell; R. Lea; J. Nunn; J. Lackington and Co.; T. Kay; J. Deighton; J. White; W. Miller; Vernor and Hood; Cadell and Davies; T.N. Longman; C. Law; Murray and Highley; and Lee and Hurst, 1798.
Hardcover. Leather-bound. Complete in 9 volumes. Small format (12mo) (150 x 90mm), pp. [xxi], 423; (4), 427; (4), 439; (4), 395; (4), 420; (4), 439; (4), 330; (4), 411; (4), 355, (24 - Glossary). English text in single column. Exquisitely bound in contemporary full morocco, spines gilt with five raised bands, boards and edges gilt ruled, gilt inner dentelles, all page edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Each play with a divisional title. Notes and glossary by John Nichols.--Cf. Jaggard. With Rowe's Some account of the life, &c. of William Shakespeare in v. 1. Contents arranged thus: v. 1: Some account of the life, &c. of William Shakespeare / written by Mr. Rowe. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. Measure for measure. -- v. 2: Much ado about nothing. Midsummer night's dream. Love's labour's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. -- v. 3: All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew. Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. -- v. 4: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. -- v. 5: Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. -- v. 6: King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. -- v. 7: Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. -- v. 8: Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear. -- v. 9: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossary. Condition: collated complete, bindings tight and secure with all hinges intact, some minor rubbing to extremities and points, textblock largely very well preserved with some age related tanning and minor spotting, without inking or previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.
