The Works of William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE, William.

Item Number: 37019

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Company, 1880.

The Works of William Shakespeare, The Stratford-on-Avon edition. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt. Bound with 186 full page photogravures and photo-engravings. Edited by Alexander Dyce. In very good condition.

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.