THE PLAYS

by Fore-Edge Paintings, William Shakespeare

$18,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al. 1805 . 238 x 145 mm. 9 3/8 x 5 3/4 . 10 volumes. Edited by George Steevens and Alexander Chalmers. EXTREMELY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY DEEP PURPLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, VERY ELABORATELY DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND, covers with frame featuring heavy gilt stippling and tooling, spine compartments densely gilt, gilt-rolled turn-ins, leather hinges, all edges

• Binding: Leather

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