The Complete Works of Shakspere, revised from the original editions, with historical and analytical introductions to each play, also notes explanatory and critical, and a life of the poet. - Tragedies

Publisher - John Tallis & co., London and New York, 1860. Illustrated title page carries title 'The Works of William Shakspere illustrated'. Notes etc. by J.O. Halliwell and other eminent commentators. TRAGEDIES only. 'Elegantly and appropriately illustrated by portraits engraved on steel, from daguerrotypes of the greatest and most intellectual actors of the age, taken in the embodiment of the the varied and life-like characters of our great national poet' - title page. Good condition, threequarter leather with black boards, all surfaces and edges rubbed, raised bands to spine with paper sections for titles which are detaching. Marbled paper edges. Ffep detached and tipped in. Removed label to front paste down. Previous owner's name to next blank page dated 23/11/88. Foxing to early pages including engraved frontispiece and title page. Unillustrated title page with text is less browned. Text of plays printed in two columns within border. As detailed on title page, each engraving shows a contemporary actor, who is named, in their character.…