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The works of Shakspere. / Edited by Charles Knight; with illustrations on steel from pictures by C.W. Cope, R.A., E.M. Ward, R.A., C.R. Leslie, R.A. [and others]
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection Folio PR2753 .K7 1875 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. 1875
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest copy)
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Furness copy 1)
- Wallace, W. H., Mrs. (donor) (Furness copy 2)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : frontispieces, 47 plates, 6 portrait ; 39 cm
- Edition:
- Imperial edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Virtue & Yorston, [1875-1876]
- Contents:
- v.1. Notice of the original editions of the plays. Comedies. Hstories: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, pt. I-II. King Henry V. King Henry VI, pt. I-II. The first part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey. King Henry VI, pt. III. The second part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster, containing the tragedy of Richard Duke of York, and the good King Henry the Sixth. King Richard III.
- v.2. Histories: King Richard III. An essay on thre three parts of King Henry VI and King Richard III. Tragedies. Poems. Plays ascribed to Shakespere: Locrine. Sir John Oldcastle, pt. I. Thomas Lord Cromwell. The London prodigal. The puritan. A Yorkshire tragedy. Arden of Feversham. King Edward III. George-a-Greene. Fair Em. Mucedorus. The birth of Merlin. The merry devil of Edmonton. A brief notice of opinion on the writings of Shakespere. Indexes: I. Glossarial, etc. II. Dramatis person.
- Notes:
- Added title-pages, engraved, with vignettes.
- Issued in 50 parts to subscribers only.
- Local Notes:
- Furness cop. 1 incomplete: v. 2 wanting.
- Furness cop. 2 (complete) bound in 3 v.
- Furness copies with: A biography of William Shakspere / Charles Knight. New York : James Virtue, 1876? (PR2894.K38 1876) (Item 2 of 2)
- OCLC:
- 299524
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