The Royal Shakspere.

£450 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A handsomely illustrated set of the works of Shakespeare with a lengthy introduction by Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910), founder of the New Shakspere Society and advocate for the study of English works. Three volumes, small 4to (25.5 x 19 cm); 52 engraved plates including frontispieces and extra title to vol. I, and a facsimile of Shakespeare's will; contemporary half red morocco, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines in six gilt compartments, all edges speckled red, touch of rubbing to extremities, otherwise a lovely set; cxliv, 420; [6], 574; [6], 495pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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