Front cover image for The dramatic works of Shakespeare

The dramatic works of Shakespeare

Print Book, English, 1826
William Pickering, London, 1826
Drama
[3], 783 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 17 cm
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Added engraved t.p., illustrated (wanting in later printing)
Also issued with 38 plates engraved for Pickering's "miniature classics" edition, issued under title The plays of Shakespeare : in nine volumes (1825)
Printed in "diamond" type (4 1/2 point). Cf. DeVinne, T.L. The practice of typography. 1900, p. 67-68
Frontispiece port. of Shakespeare engraved by Augustus Fox from a painting by T. Stothard, after Droeshout; dated 1825
A later printing has a different frontispiece port. with facsim. signature, engraved by H. Robinson; dated 1832
Some copies on India paper and/or on large paper. Cf. Lowndes and Jaggard
Some copies have "Sketch of the life of Shakespeare, by Alexander Chalmers, A.M." ([v]-xii p.) inserted at beginning, followed by contents for a different ed. including the poems. Cf. Jaggard
Glossary: p. [769]-783