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Shakespeare (William) The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., revised by George Steevens, 2 engraved...
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Shakespeare (William) The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., revised by George Steevens, 2 engraved portraits and 95 plates, tissue guards, some foxing, mostly to plates and adjacent leaves, contemporary plum morocco, finely tooled in gilt, spines gilt, g.e., occasional dents and abrasions to boards, spines a little faded, folio, John and Josiah Boydell, 1802.
*** A spectacular copy of "a magnificent national edition, in which splendour of production was to go hand in hand with correctness of text" (Updike). The stunning Georgian morocco binding is in remarkable condition for such a heavy book, with no splitting to the joints, no repairs and no loss.
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