1863 1st ed CAMBRIDGE William SHAKESPEARE Theatre Romeo Juliet 9v Leather SET



An exceptionally rare first edition printing of the highly sought-after, “Cambridge Shakespeare” collection. This 19th-century nine-volume set of The Works of William Shakespeare, was collectively edited by Cambridge University academics: William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, and John Glover and published by Macmillan from 1863-1866. This highly influential edition has tremendous scholarly value and set the standard for Shakespeare printings throughout the remainder of the 19th-century.



Contents include:

Vol. I – Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; Comedy of Errors

Vol. II – Much Ado About Nothing; Loves Labours Lost; Midsummer Nights Dream; Merchant of Venice; As You Like It

Vol. III – Taming of the Shrew; Alls Well That Ends Well; Twelfth Night, or What You Will; Winters Tale

Vol. IV – King John; King Richard II; King Henry IV, pt. 1-2; Henry V

Vol. V - King Henry VI, pt. 1-3; The First Part of the Contention, etc.; The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the Good King Henry the Sixth; King Richard III

Vol. VI – King Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus

Vol. VII – Romeo and Juliet; Timon of Athens; Julius Caesar; Macbeth

Vol. VIII – Hamlet; King Lear; Othello

Vol. IX – Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Pericles; Poems



Item number: #40745

Price: $750



SHAKESPEARE, William; CLARK, William George (Editor); WRIGHT, William Aldis (Editor); GLOVER, John (Editor)



The Works of William Shakespeare



Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co., 1863-1866. First edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete; 9 volumes

Vol. I – xliv, 464

Vol. II – xii, 464

Vol. III – viii, 434, [2]

Vol. IV – xiv, [2], 658

Vol. V – xix, [1], 648

Vol. VI – xii, 536

Vol. VII – xii, [2], 524

Vol. VIII – xviii, [2], 600

Vol. IX – xxxi, [1], 672

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15.5cm)



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