Outlines to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works. - Gallerie zu Shakspear's dramatischen Werken. In Umrissen erfunden und gestochen von Moritz Retzsch. Complete in one Volume. [German and English text.]
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Leipzig (Leipsic) Ernst Fleischer 1847 Bound, orig. half leather binding witg gilt title and decorations on board and spine, [4]pp (ititle and introd) +XCV pp. (text) + frontispice and titlepage of part two and 100 plates / engravings, 33x24.5cm., oblong, in good condition (binding with some rubbing along the edges and corners, interior (pages and plates) with foxing: see pictures). Binding by Williams & Norgate (London and Edinburgh). Explanations of the Outlines to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works is the 19th-century illustrated companion to William Shakespeare's plays designed and engraved by the German artist Moritz Retzsch. The volume brings together a series of outlines (engraved plates) that depict pivotal scenes from eight of Shakespeare's major plays - Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, The Tempest, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor and King Henry IV Parts I & II - and pairs them with detailed explanatory text written by noted commentators of the period. The explanations provide narrative context, thematic insight and scene interpretation, and were authored respectively by C. A. Boettiger for Hamlet and Macbeth, Carl Borromaeus von Miltitz for Romeo and Juliet and King Lear, and Hermann Ulrici for the remaining plays. Text in this edition appears in both English and German, making the work accessible to international readers and reflecting the cross-cultural popularity of Retzsch's engravings in the mid-19th century. Explanations of the Outlines to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works offers visual and textual material to convey the dramatic essence of selected Shakespearean plays. At its core are Retzsch's engraved outline plates, which abstractly yet expressively render central scenes, figures and dramatic moments from each play in a sequential order. These images are not standalone illustrations but are accompanied by explanatory commentary that situates each outline within the play's larger plot structure, highlights character motivation and articulates thematic significance. The explanations deepen the reader's understanding of the dramatic action, allowing the visuals to serve both as artistic interpretation and interpretive guide. Intended as both a collectible artistic volume and a didactic companion to Shakespeare's texts, the book invites readers to trace dramatic development through Retzsch's visual statements while benefiting from the scholarly annotations that clarify each outline's narrative context. Moritz Retzsch (1779-1857) was a German painter, draughtsman and engraver known for his elegant outline engravings of literary works. His approach distilled complex dramatic scenes into clear linear forms that could be widely reproduced. Retzsch gained international recognition for his visual interpretations of scenes from classical and Romantic literature, including Goethe, Schiller and, in this work, Shakespeare. His Outlines to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works were widely disseminated, often in editions where the plates were accompanied by multilingual explanatory texts. The commentators - C. A. Boettiger, Carl Borromaeus von Miltitz and Hermann Ulrici - were respected 19th-century scholars whose narrative comments added literary and historical context to Retzsch's plates, thereby enhancing the interpretive value of the volume. Retzsch's work influenced Victorian illustration and helped to shape visual conceptions of Shakespearean drama in both Germany and the English-speaking world.…
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- Outlines to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works. - Gallerie zu Shakspear's dramatischen Werken. In Umrissen erfunden und gestochen von Moritz Retzsch. Complete in one Volume. [German and English text.]
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- Retzsch, Moritz (ills.) / C. A. Boettiger, Carl Borromaeus von Miltitz and Hermann Ulrici (text).
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