1898 William Shakespeare Comedy Love's Labour's Lost Honorificabilitudinitatibus

Description: Shakespeare's Comedy Of Love's Labour's Lost Edited, With Notes By William Rolfe , LITT. D. With Engravings Published By American Book Company New York etc. 1898 The title-page is undated; the last copyright date is 1898. Hardcover. Cloth binding. All page edges tinted red. 5" x 6.75" 174 pages. Indexed. 125+ years old. Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Includes 43 pages of Notes by William Rolfe to help to explain the text. Also includes on Index of Explained Words and Phrases. Love's Labour's Lost, one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Queen Elizabeth I. The comedy centers on four young men who fall in love against their wills. The men, one of them the king of Navarre, pledge to study for three years, avoiding all contact with women. When the Princess of France arrives on a state visit, the king insists she and her ladies camp outside the court. Even so, each young man falls in love with one of the ladies...and many troubles follow. The play draws on themes of masculine love and desire, reckoning and rationalisation, and fantasy versus reality. Love's Labour's Lost features the longest single word in all of Shakespeare's plays, " honorificabilitudinitatibus ", which means, "the state of being able to achieve honours". At 27 letters, it is the longest word in the English language which strictly alternates consonants and vowels. ---------- Excellent Condition. Almost no binding wear at all; very nice! ( see the photos ) The hinges are tight. Former owner's name in old ink on front endpaper. No other writing. No markings. The pages are clean and in very good condition. 125+ years old. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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