Shakspeare's dramatic works : with explanatory notes. To which is now added, a copious index to the remarkable passages and words [two volumes]

Volumes in mixed condition, both in the original full leather boards, now somewhat scuffed and edgeworn. Vol. 1 is cracked entirely through between pp. 378 and 379, with the text complete and the binding otherwise entirely secure; vol. 2 binding remains sound, with a surprisingly tight text block. Both spines heavily rubbed, with joints cracked but internally very secure; labels mostly lacking. Marbled text edges. Contemporary reader autographs to head of title pages (1793, 1854). The leaves of both volumes remain remarkably tight, bright, and clean for their age. Except as noted, a very well-preserved set. Provenance: bookplate of Sir William Hutcheson Poë (1848-1934). Physical description; 2 volumes : frontispiece portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Vols. 1 and 2 of 3, comprising the complete plays from this edition, lacking the concordance (volume 3). Pagination: volume 1: lxi, 1-541; volume 2: 542-1079. With a list of subscribers in volume 1. "Embellished with a striking likeness of Shakspeare from the original folio edition, and another from the collection of his grace the Duke of Chandos." Contents; v. 1. Advertisement. Portraits of Shakespeare. List of subscribers. Preface. Dr. Johnson's preface. Some account of the life &c. of William Shakspeare / Mr. Rowe. Additional anecdotes of Shakspeare. Shakspeare's will. Dedication to William Earle of Pembroke and Philip Earle of Montgomery ; Preface / John Heminge, Henry Condell. Poems on Shakspeare / Ben Jonson. The tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour lost ; The Midsummer-night's dream ; The merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well, that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; The winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John ; Richard II ; Henry IV. Part I-II ; Henry V -- v. 2. Henry VI. Part I-III ; Richard III ; Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline ; King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello. Subjects; Ayscough, Samuel 1745-1804. English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700. 1 Kg.…