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The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Revised from the Original Editions. Illustrated with Engravings on Wood and Steel

1864 · 53790 — London: London Printing and Publishing Company 1864. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes royal octavo 26.5 by 18 cm. 4 lxviii 640; 4 586; 8 xvi 641 1 blankpp. Each volume with steel-engraved frontispiece tissue guards present in vols. 2 and 3 and title followed by letterpress title; each play with full-page steel engraving and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary polished calf double-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands and gilt morocco lettering pieces. Marbled edges and endleaves; gilt dentelles. Housed in fine later forest green slipcase. Covers mildly stained and rubbed. Contents clean and fresh apart from moderate foxing at the steel plates and surrounding leaves. A very good set. Vol. 1: Comedies. Vol. 2: Tragedies. Vol. 3: Historical Plays. Full title and imprint: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Revised from the Original Editions: with a Memoir and Essay on his Genius by Barry Cornwall. Also Historical and Critical Studies of Shakespere's Text Characters and Commentators and Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by Richard Grant White R.H. Horne and Various Other Distinguished Writers. Illustrated with Engravings on Wood and Steel from Designs by Kenny Meadows. The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 26 Paternoster Row London; and 55 Dey Street New York. London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover