The Sonnets of William Shakespeare.

First edition of Edward Dowden's Sonnets of William Shakespeare; finely bound in full vellum

The Sonnets of William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE, William. Edited by Edward Dowden.

Item Number: 115028

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1881.

First edition of Dowden’s collection of the Sonnets of Shakespeare, with his introduction and notes. Small octavo, bound in full vellum. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.

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.

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