The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Revised from the Original Editions... Illustrated with Engravings on Wood and Steel.
London: London Printing and Publishing Company, [ca. 1864]. Hardcover. Three volumes, royal octavo (26.5 by 18 cm). [4], lxviii, 640; [4], 586; [8], xvi, 641, [1, blank]pp. 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. Very good. Item #53790
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.
Price: $250.00