The complete works of W. Shakspere : illustrated with many valuable literary notes from Johnson, Steevens, Malone, Drake, Chalmers, Coleridge, Lamb, Schlegel, Hazlitt, Ch. Knight, and other distinguished commentators with large introductory notices prefixed to each play ...

"This edition of Shakspere, in nine volumes bound up in three vols., ... is neither more nor less than a Paris republication, very correctly printed, of Mr. Charles Knight's first Pictorial edition (1839-1842)." Cf. Handwritten notes, v. 1.Originally published in nine volumes.Illustrations of A lover's complaint, The passionate pilgrim, etc. Supplementary notice to the poems. History of the opinion on the writings of Shakspere. Shakspere in Germany.v. 1: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Cymbeline. Othello -- v. 2: Timon of Athens. King Lear. Macbeth. Troilus and Cressida -- v. 3: Notice to the Roman plays. Julius Caesar. Coriolanus. Antony and Cleopatra. Titus Andronicus. Notice on the authenticity of Titus Andronicus. Pericles. Notice on the authenticity of Pericles -- v. 4: Two gentlemen of Verona. Love's labour's lost. Merry wives of Windsor. Comedy of errors. Taming of the shrew -- v. 5: Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. All's well that ends well. Much ado about nothing. Twelfth night -- v. 6: As you like it. Measure for measure. Winter's tale. Tempest -- v. 7: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V -- v. 8: King Henry VI, part 1 King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII -- v. 9: Venus and Adonis. Rape of Lucrece. Sonnets. Illustration of the sonnets. Lover's complaint. Passionate pilgrim. Verses among the additional poems to Chester's love's martyr, 1601.Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibl.,Mode of access: Internet.Handwritten notes on front fly-leaves of each bound volume. Bound in green half-calf with marbled boards, fore-edges, and end-papers