from the text of Johnson, Steevens, and Red: with a biographical memoir, and a variety of interesting matter, illustrative of his life and writings by W. Harvey.
London, Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1825
A handsome, illustrated edition of Shakespeare's complete works, comprising his 36 canonical plays together with the late romance Pericles, Prince of Tyre, his sonnets, and narrative poems. With an index of characters, glossary of key terms, explanatory notes, and a life of the Bard, in contemporary blind-tooled calf by Simier.
8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 230 vignette engravings, engraved title, occasional spotting; contemporary French blind-tooled calf by Simier, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, all edges gilt, very good; [4], lxxx, 896pp.
8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 230 vignette engravings, engraved title, occasional spotting; contemporary French blind-tooled calf by Simier, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, all edges gilt, very good; [4], lxxx, 896pp.
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