Shakespeare, William. The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, 1714 to 1735 - six volumes of nine

Only one available — a single, individual piece.

Ships by Saturday 7 November from the United Kingdom.

• Secure payment at checkout
• 14-day returns · shipping info

Shakespeare, William; Rowe, Nicholas (ed.). 1714 The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, containing Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories. London: printed for Jacob Tonson. Six volumes only of nine, being the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth, and seventh. Volume I containing The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors (no frontispiece), Love's Labour's Lost (no frontispiece), All's Well that Ends Well, Much Ado about Nothing, and Measure for Measure. Volume II containing The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Twelfth-Night, or, What you Will (title page dated 1734), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale (1735), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (no frontispiece). Volume IV containing King Lear, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Anthony and Cleopatra, Timon of Athens, and Troilus and Cressida. Volume V containing The Life and Death of King John (1734) Richard II (1734), Henry IV part I (1734 - incomplete, last printed leaf p.88, p.89-94 copied in a slightly later contemporary hand, final line 'Nothing confutes me but eyes, and nobody sees me', 6pp blanks following), and Henry IV part II. Volume VI containing King Henry VI in three parts (each with engraved frontispiece); Richard III, and Henry VIII. Volume VII containing Titus Andronicus (no frontispiece, binding heavily strained after Titus title page), Pericles Prince of Tyre (no frontispiece), The London Prodigal, The Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell, The History of Sir John Oldcastle, The Puritan or, The Widow, A Yorkshire Tragedy, The Tragedy of Locrine (closing line The End of the Eighth and Last Volume, ghost of lacking Index to verso of final page). Contemporary heavily worn panelled calf, three lacking backstrips and with boards loose (volume V with backstrip loose but present). Boards heavily rubbed, edges and corners similarly; hinges generally strained and sometimes failing, all edges speckled. A few spots and marks to the leaves, which are lightly toned. First volume title page with restoration to the corners, binding reinforced to the title, repaired to the joints, the rear hinge worn. Volume II the front hinge strained after the title page, rear board loose. Volume V rear board and backstrip loose but present, lacking top compartment. Volume VI lacking backstrip, both boards loose. Volume VII historically repaired to the joints, the top compartment lacking most of the leather, repairs tatty and loosening, front joint reinforced. Each volume with engraved vignette portrait of the author to the title page, with two leaves of blanks bound in later in the 18th century, presumably for notetaking, unused. Lacking lists of contents to each volume. The first duodecimo illustrated edition, after the significant first Rowe edition in 1709; an early example with engravings, and very rarely seen as a set, even partial. 12mo. (6vol) Publisher: Jacob Tonson Publisher Location: London Publication Date: 1714 to 1735 Binding: Hardcover