Shakespeare Dramatic Works

Shakespeare, William illustrated by M Pille, etchings by M Monzies: Dramatic Works Of Shakespeare The Text Of The First Edition, Illustrated, Volume 8, , Edinburgh published by William Patterson , 1883
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, 424, four black and white etchings including the frontispiece, some with tissue guards, contains the following works; King Lear, Othello, Anthonie and Cleopatra and Cymbeline Limited Edition, number 254 of 550 Octavo Hardback , spine and titles rubbed, some tears on the head and on the front joint, covers lightly rubbed and thumbed, page edges darked, inside clean the book is in good + condition , green cloth, stamped gilt design and titles

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BOYDELL. A Collection of Prints, from Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain. London. Published by John & Josiah Boydell &c. 1803; 1805.
First edition of the magnificent copper plate engravings from Boydell's Shakespeare, long regarded as the most beautiful illustrations of Shakespeare's plays.These plates were published both as part of a nine-volume folio set of Shakespeare's dramatic works and in the present form, as a suite of plates, priced at 60 guineas.Having amassed a fortune in the engraving and print selling business, Boydell determined in 1786 to undertake one of the great enterprises in English publishing history. He commissioned paintings by the leading British artists of the day (including Reynolds, Smirke, Northcote, Porter, Hamilton, and Westall) and exhibited them in a specially built gallery in Pall Mall. By 1802 Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery had 162 paintings illustrating Shakespeare's works. Over the course of a decade, the best engravers had executed copper plate engravings of the finest paintings, and the completed work was published in 1802. One of the plates, "Capulet finds Juliet Dead, " was engraved by William Blake. For his engraving Blake altered the artist's design considerably by adding additional figures around the Juliet.Unfortunately, the French revolution had killed off the foreign trade which had made Boydell wealthy, and the publication of the Shakespeare engravings made him insolvent. His vast collections and inventory were sold by lottery in 1805, the winner among the 22,000 tickets sold then selling the collection at auction.

2 vols. in 1. Elephant folio. Later full red morocco, boards with triple rules in blind, banded spine with decoration in blind and gilt title in seven compartments, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins with patterning in blind, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Engraved frontispiece, printed title with engraved vignette, leaf with dedication to the King, 2 leaves with list of plates, 2 leaves with Preface, engraved plate of Shakespeare's statue and 48 large engraved plates; vol. 2 with printed title with engraved vignette, leaf with dedication to the Queen, 2 leaves with list of plates and 50 large engraved plates. [PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson Bart. of Paddockhurst, Sussex (1856 - 1927) to front pastedown; additional bookplate of Annie Pearson (probably his wife, nee Anne Cass) to front pastedown].

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Shakespeare, William: DRAMATIC WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (VOLUME THREE) From the Text of Johnson and Steevens, Complete in Four Volumes, 1851 New York Leavitt & Company ; fester Einband / hard cover

Hardcover Good Volume 3 of a collected works series. Spine chipped at extremes, spine and boards moderately rubbed, smudged, and edgeworn. Slight to mild sparse foxing but text fully readable, binding tight. Color title page precedes full title page. Frontispiece of the Pince of Wales is heavily foxed. Owner names written lightly in front endpapers. ; Dramatic Works; Vol. 3; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 551-803 pages; Counter Shelves kvk red/gold partcat

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William,Richardson;William,Shakespeare: Essays on some of Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters, to which is added an Essay on the faults of Shakespeare. The fifth edition. [Containing the two series.] British Library, Historical Print Editions, Februar 2011, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 1241090300
bTitle:/b Essays on some of Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters, to which is added an Essay on the faults of Shakespeare. The fifth edition. [Containing the two series.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b Source Library /b British Librarybr/b Contributors /b Richardson, William; Shakespeare, William; br/b Original Pub Date /b 1797.br/b Physical Description /b vi. 401 p. ; 8°.br/b Shelfmark /b 11869.ff.8.br/

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