SHAKESPEARE, William.

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The Works; [together with] A Biography. A handsome set of the Imperial Shakespeare, a particularly imposing and well-illustrated edition, uniformly bound with the editor's biography of Shakespeare. The first edition was published in 1843; this edition is revised with "large alterations and additional matter, grounded upon more recent information" (Biography preface).Charles Knight (1791-1873) spent time in Stratford-upon-Avon as he brought his edition together, seeking both information and inspiration, and going "over all the ground which Shakspere may be supposed to have trodden in childhood, in youth, and in middle age" (Passages, p. 303).

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