ILLUSTRATED POCKET SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE: COMPLETE WITH GLOSSARY, 8 VOLUMES, CAREFULLY EDITED AND COMPARED WITH THE BEST TEXTS BY TALFOURD BLAIR. CIRCA 1886.
3.75" x 2.75" APPROX & 460-520 PAGES PER VOLUME. THE
CASE IS APPROX 4" x 6" x 3". WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. MINIATURE 8 VOLUME SET IN ITS ORIGINAL FOLDING CASE, THE BOOK AND THE CASE ARE BOUND IN FULL DARK BROWN/MAROON LEATHER, THE CASE HAS A BRASS CLASP, GILT LETTERING SHAKESPEARE' TO THE UPPER LEFT OF THE CASE; EACH BOOK HAVING A GILT 'DAISY TO LOWER RIGHT AND SHAKESPEARE UPPER LEFT, ALL THE VOLUMES HAVE FULL-PAGE BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, (4 IN EACH) WITH TITLES AND VOLUME NUMBERS IN GILT TO THEIR SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT PRINTED BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE GLASGOW. AN EXQUISITE SET COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL CASE, LOVELY CONDITION, VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED/
CHIPPED, A COUPLE OF SPINE ENDS ARE ALSO VERY LIGHTLY CHIPPED, BUT ALL IN ALL THE SET AND CASE ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. THE QUALITY OF THE GILT EDGES SUGGEST THESE HAVE HARDLY EVER BEEN OPENED
FINE IN THIS CONDITION WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORIGINAL
CASE. Sold by a collector in a public auction at Bonhams, 9th November 2022.
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