The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With Notes, Critical, Historical, and Explanatory. Selected from the Most Eminent Commentators. To Which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, by the Rev. William Harness [Later Edition Eight Volumes Complete Half Leather Binding]

London: London: Printed for Saunders and Otley, and Cowie and Co., 1825, Later Edition in Eight Volumes, Complete. Complete set in eight volumes. Half leather bindings, brown calf, gilt decorated spines with twin black labels, four broad gilt raised bands, heavily gilt decorated compartments. Marbled paper boards, endpapers and page edges. Frontispiece engraving of Shakespeare in Volume I. from the First Folio edition, and two further portraits. Vol. I clxxxi, [iii], 233pp, Life of William Shakspeare; Shakspeare's Will; Chronological Order in which the Plays of Shakspeare are supposed to have been written, according to the arrangements of Chalmers, Malone, and Dr. Drake; Editions of Shakspeare's works; Plays ascribed to Shakspeare; Portraits of Shakspeare; Ancient and modern commendatory verses on Shakspeare; Rowe's preface; Mr. Pope's preface; Dr. Johnson's preface; Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Merry Wives of Windsor. Vol. II [ii], 407pp, Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Much Ado About Nothing; Midsummer Night's Dream; Love's Labour's Lost. Vol. III [ii], 454pp, Merchant of Venice; As You Like It; All's Well That Ends Well; Taming of the Shrew; Winter's Tale; Vol. IV [ii], 423pp, Comedy of Errors; Macbeth; King John; King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part I; Vol. V [ii]. 505pp, King Henry IV, Part II; Henry V; King Henry VI, Part I; King Henry VI, Part II; King Henry VI, Part III; Vol. VI [ii], 545pp, King Richard III; King Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida; Timon of Athens; Coriolanus; Vol. VII: [ii], 476pp, Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Titus Andronicus; Pericles; Vol. VIII [ii], 470pp, King Lear; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello; Poems of Shakespeare 152pp. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition attractive gilt decorated spines, twin black labels to all volumes, gilt decorated compartments with four broad raised gilt bands, wear. Joints good condition rubbed and worn, crack to the bottom 3 inches of the front of Vol VIII. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition half calf with gilt fillet and inner blind stamped decoration, marbled paper covered boards, marks and scratches. Page edges good condition top edges darkened; all page edges marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact, cracked to the front joint of Vol VI and Vol VIII, holding well. Paste downs good condition marbled, bookplate for Lucas E Ralli to the front paste down. End papers good condition marbled, subsequent end papers tanned and foxed, stamp for Lucas E Ralli to the end papers. Title good condition offsetting from the frontispiece in Vol. I otherwise gently tanned. Pages good condition gently tanned throughout. Binding good condition attractive with minor wear. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1825 Binding: Hardback.…