The Plays of Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE, William. Edited and Annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke.

Item Number: 123084

London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d..

Cassell’s illustrated edition of Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke’s annotated Shakespeare. Quarto, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated by Henry Courtney Selous. In near fine condition. A nice set.

English poet, playwright, and actor, William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His extant works consist of approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright to this day. Shakespeare’s early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best work ever produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies including Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth; and in his late phase wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances.