***Really a very heavy set, extra overseas shipping may apply.***. No other obvious library markings, generally the inner books are clean & in very good + condition. Ex reference library with minimal markings, decorative bookplate to rear pastedown and a couple of blind stamps.
An imposing & heavy set beautifully illustrated. Also with frontispiece & 14 other illustrations. 778pp plus a continuation of the biography. II, Histories, Tragedies, Poems, other plays ascribed to Shakspere, opinions & indexes. I, Comedies and Histories, 810pp and 91pp of biography, frontispiece of Shakespeare with 25 other illustrations from pictures by C. Binding rubbed at edges & spine (see pictures), marbled endpapers which have been taped. Folio, original full leather binding, embossed with vinaigrette of Shakespeare with decorative border on boards & raised bands with gilt titles on spine. (3) Bl., 737, (1) S., H 38 x 28 cm, 2 Frontispices 2 gestochene Titel mit gestochenen Vignetten, mit 45 (von53) Stahlstich-Tafeln 2 Tafeln sowie die weiters in den Inhaltsverzeichnissen angeführten 6 Portrait-Tafeln FEHLEN (wie immer?) -, Die beiden Frontispices zeigen Shakespeare - Die beiden gestochenen Titeln mit je 1 gestochenen Vignette: The Birth-place of Shakspere (with Garrick's Jubilee Procession) / The Globe Theatre, Bankside, 1593 -, With illustrations on steel from pictures by C.W. bestoßen, Schnitt teils etwas fleckig, teils etwas stockfleckig, beide vorderen Innengelenke etwas locker, dadurch je 1 Lage lose, 8 Tafeln FEHLEN, sonst guter Zustand, (3) Bl., 777, (1). Rückengoldprägung, zweispaltig gedruckt, Einbände etwas berieben u.
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