edited, with a scrupulous revision of the text, by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke... With 66 illustrations selected from the Boydell Gallery.
London, Bickers & Son, 1887
A handsome, four-volume set of Shakespeare's complete works, comprising his 36 canonical plays together with the late romance Pericles, Prince of Tyre, his sonnets, and narrative poems, edited by the husband-and-wife partnership Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, with a useful glossary of key terms and informative preface.
Illustrated with 66 photographic plates after original works in the Boydell Gallery, established in 1786 by the engraver and publisher John Boydell (1720-1804) to promote British history painting. The collection focused on the subjects of Shakespeare's plays, and included contributions from Sir Joshua Reynolds, James Northcote, and Richard Westall.
4 vols; 8vo (22.5 x 15.5 cm); portrait frontispiece, 66 photographic illustrations after original works in the Boydell Gallery, occasional annotations in pencil; contemporary tee calf, gilt spines in 6 compartments, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, all edges gilt, spines slightly faded, minor wear to extremities, a few marks to boards, ribbon markers split, otherwise very good; [8], lii, [2], 725, [1]; [6], 730;[8], 700; [8], 751, [1]pp.
Illustrated with 66 photographic plates after original works in the Boydell Gallery, established in 1786 by the engraver and publisher John Boydell (1720-1804) to promote British history painting. The collection focused on the subjects of Shakespeare's plays, and included contributions from Sir Joshua Reynolds, James Northcote, and Richard Westall.
4 vols; 8vo (22.5 x 15.5 cm); portrait frontispiece, 66 photographic illustrations after original works in the Boydell Gallery, occasional annotations in pencil; contemporary tee calf, gilt spines in 6 compartments, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, all edges gilt, spines slightly faded, minor wear to extremities, a few marks to boards, ribbon markers split, otherwise very good; [8], lii, [2], 725, [1]; [6], 730;[8], 700; [8], 751, [1]pp.
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