William Shakespeare. The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare. Revised by George Steevens. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., for John and Joshua Boydell, 1802. First Boydell edition. Thirty-six plays, each paginated separately. Includes "The Prefaces of Pope and Johnson to the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." Nine folio volumes (approximately 16.25 x 12.25 inches) with ninety-two full-page engravings (including two portraits) after Reynolds, Porter, Tresham, Westall, Wheatley, Smirke, Hamilton, and others. Each volume with duplicate half-title and title pages; duplicate dedications and advertisements in Volume I. Volume II with 1791 general title page between "Comedy of Errors" and "Much Ado About Nothing." Each volume with the bookplate of "Robert F. Watson" on front pastedown, Volumes V, VI, VII, and VIII with the additional armorial bookplate of "Will. Rattray Esq." Mottled calf with decorative gilt borders, rebacked, modern tan leather spines with gilt lettered title labels and designs, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boards rubbed, scuffed, and scratched, chipped at extremities. Corners bumped and partially repaired. Some endpapers with small paper lifts. Pages with light edge wear and few small tears. Small hole in last leaf of "Coriolanus" in Volume VII and small margin paper loss in pages 67/68 of "Titus Andronicus" in Volume VIII, neither affecting text. Image off-set from plates. Varying degrees of foxing and browning, generally light but heavier at times. Occasional minor smudging, dampstaining and soiling. Overall a very good set.