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SHAKESPEARE, William; CLARKE, Charles and Mary Cowden (editors).

The Plays of William Shakespeare.

The Plays of William Shakespeare.

Illustrated by H. C. Selous.

Stock Code 117277

London, Cassel and Company, c.1880.

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A copiously illustrated set of the works of Shakespeare divided into Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.

Three volumes, 4to (31 x 21 cm); copiously illustrated with each play accompanied with its own engraved title, and facsimile of Shakespeare's will; contemporary half black calf, burgundy pebbled cloth boards, gilt spines in six compartments with gilt red calf lettering pieces, all edges speckled red, extremities a little rubbed, a near-fine set; [6], 712; [6], 596; xlii, 775pp.

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