Description: Inherited from my father-in-law's estate who was an avid antiquarian book collector. Very Good to Excellent Condition. One of the most comprehensive single volumes of Shakespeare ever published.Binding and publication by Bickers and Son, with their stamp to the verso of the front endpaper. To the front board is the crest of the College of Preceptors. A prize bookplate to front pastedown from the College of Preceptors is addressed to James Alfred Goudge, dated 1878, the same year as the publication of the book. This work contains a chronology of Shakespeare's life, his will, and the dedication prefixed to the folio. Next is the collection of his plays, poems and sonnets. There is a portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, followed by twenty one plates containing images of paintings of Shakespearean performances, including paintings by William Peters, James Northcote, Richard Westall, and James Barry. These plates are all woodbury type. The editorial is by Mary and Charles Cowden Clarke.
Price: 2100 USD
Location: Aliso Viejo, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Fine Binding
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: Europe
Personalized: Yes
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Bickers and Son
Topic: Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1878
