The plays of Shakespeare
By: edited and annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke ; illustrated by H.C. Selous
Contributors: Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877; Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898; Selous, Henry Courtney, 1803-1890; Wentworth, Frederick; Pearson, George, fl. ca. 1860; Marriott, R. S.; Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897; Linton, Henry Duff, 1815-1899
Publisher: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
Published: 1864
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Other titles: Cassell's illustrated Shakespeare
Work titles: Plays
Notes: Spine reads: Shakespeare's works.

Expurgated; cf. Preface.

"We have also omitted Titus Andronicus ... not only on account of its grossness, but because of our strong conviction that it is not [Shakespeare's] writing"--Pref.

For inclusive dates of publication, cf. Jaggard; Oxford DNB (under Clarke, Charles Cowden); BL cat.

Subsequently published under title: The plays of William Shakespeare.

Vol. 1: [5], 727 p.; v. 2: [7], 600 p.; v. 3: xv, 799, xvii-xl p.

The ill. are wood engravings by F. Wentworth, G. Pearson, R.S. Marriott, W.J. Linton, H. Linton and others, after Selous.

Vol. 3 contains the editors' preface, "The story of Shakespeare's life" and "Shakespeare's will."

Errata: v. 3, p. [vii].

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare, p. 538

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Table of contents: title: v. l. Comedies; title: v. 2. Historical plays; title: v. 3 Tragedies.