NONESUCH PRESS: SHAKESPEARE, William.

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The Works. First Nonesuch Press edition, number 1,074 of 1,600 sets of one of the press's most elegant and esteemed productions, here in the original slipcases."The superb typographical plans made by Francis [Meynell] for the Shakespeare were carried out with exemplary skill by Cambridge Unviersity Press, whose quality of machining gave the unillustrated pages a sparkle that did the fullest justice to the designer's careful choice of type" (Dreyfus, p. 50)."The Shakespeare represents the chef d'oeuvre of the Nonesuch Press, and is a model of careful proof reading and imaginative setting. The best of ancient and modern conjectural emendations are unobtrusively set in the margins for the benefit of a glancing eye. This is the finest of all editions of our greatest poet" (Symons & others, p. 69).

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