The Plays of William Shakespeare.
SHAKESPEARE William (1803.)
£3000.00
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In Twenty-One Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To Which are Added, Notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fifth Edition. Revised and Augmented by Isaac Reed, With a Glossarial Index.
Twenty one volumes. 8vo. Engraved plates throughout. Contemporary full straight grain blue morocco, spines with five single raised bands outlined in gilt, lettered in gilt with decorative gilt devices, covers roll-tooled in gilt within triple gilt fillet borders, gilt edges (engraved armorial bookplates of George Pochin to front pastedowns of each volume, contents generally clean with only occasional instances of faint spotting and browning; spines darkened with minor wear at ends, a few volumes with faint mottling to covers). London, J. Johnson etc.
A magnificent set of what is generally described as the first variorum edition of Shakepeare's plays. With extensive notes, commentaries and illustrations, it was certainly the most expansive edition that had appeared up to this date.
Stock Code: 229750