The Plays And Poems Of William Shakespeare Corrected From The Latest And Best London Editions With

by William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson Joseph Hopkinson Robert Field Engraver

$17,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Contemporary tree sheep, rebacked, preserving spines in six compartments ruled gilt with red and brown morocco lettering-pieces in second and fourth compartments and gilt foliate in rest, SHAKSPEARE'S | WORKS in second compartment and volume number in fourth compartment. Some early ownership signatures on titles A complete copy of the rare first American edition of the works of Shakespeare, here spelled Shakspeare. This is the first edition to be printed outside the British

• Binding: Leather

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