SHAKESPEARE, William.

The Works of William Shakespeare.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1887.

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"Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow": The Victoria Edition of The Works of William Shakespeare

The Victoria edition of the works of William Shakespeare. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, "Via Veritas Vita" pictorial vignette stamped in gilt to the front panels, all edges marbled, turn-ins and inner dentelles stamped in blind, marbled endpapers. Volume one is comedies and volume three is tragedies, lacking volume two. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown of volume one.

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.