Cornouailles

1857 · 779A11 — London: The London Printing and Publishing Company 1857-1859. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 7.5". Kenny Meadows. A set in five divisions of William Shakespeare's complete works richly embellished with numerous plates by Kenny Meadows. A collection of works by the national poet William Shakespeare; three volumes over five divisions containing all his Comedies Tragedies and Historical Plays Poems and Sonnets. Dated 1857-9 from Jisc. With a memoir and an essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall as well as historical and critical studies of Shakespeare's text characters and commentators annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by Richard rant White and various other distinguished writers. William Shakespeare is regarded to this day as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist; he is known as England's national poet and "the Bard of Avon." His plays have been translated in every major language and performed a great amount. His works are studied and reinterpreted constantly. Usually found in three volumes this set is in with five divisions in the original publisher's cloth binding however is lacking the title page of each volume except volume one which includes the frontispiece and illustrated title page vignette. With Comedies in the first two divisions; Tragedies to divisions III and IV and Historical Plays Poems and Sonnets to the last volume. Lacking part of volume III which counts 270pp. of 590. Richly illustrated in text with beautiful engravings by Kenny Meadows as well as right full page plates to div. I II five to div. III six to div. IV and six to div. V. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. internally the hinges are slightly loose to the occasional leaf particularly to the front and rear boards; otherwise firmly bound. With the occasional minor faint scattered spotting particularly to the first and last few leaves as well as to the leaves of plates as usual; Otherwise the pages are generally clean throughout. Illustrated with numerous beautiful engravings and full page plates by Kenny Meadows. Very Good The London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover