Shakespeare, W. Works. (Continued.) **9598.34—**G.87.1 John, — Richard II. — Henry IV. Part 1, 2.— Henry V. 5. Henry VI. Part 1-3. — Richard III. 6. Henry VIII. — Coriolanus. — Julius Cesar. — Antony and Cleopatra. 7. Timon of Athens. — Titus Andronicus. — Troilus and Cressida) — Cymbeline. 8. King Lear. — Romeo and Juliet. — Hamlet. — Othello. 9. Venus and Adonis. — Tarquin and Lucrece. — Poems. — A philosophical analysis and illustration on some of Shakespeare’s characters [etc.]._ By W. Richardson.
This was the first edition of Shakespeare’s works published in Boston. The first edition. had only eight volumes, issued in sixteen numbers. Added to the set on shelf-number **G.87.1 is a copy of the ninth volume, containing the Poems, etc., first published in the second edition.
No. 9, which formed part of vol. 5, and No. 13, which formed part of vol. 7, with the original covers, may be found on shelf-number *4599.142.
 
Public Library, June 5, 1917.
This card was printed at the Boston
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