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1870 The Works of Shakspere Imperial Edition Folio Size Set + Steel Engravings - Complete in Two Volumes
REF: ES1926-S6 / LA396615
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Description
The Works of Shakespeare
Imperial Edition
Edited by Charles Knight
Published by J. S. Virtue, London Circa 1870
Complete in Two Volumes
Two folio size volumes bound in late 19th century half leather bindings with marbled boards & endpapers, page edges gilt, numerous full page black & white steel engravings to each volume, frontis & an extra illustrated title page to both volumes.
Well illustrated edition with fine engravings after numerous paintings and bound in attractive leather bindings
measurements
Height:
15.5 in
Width:
11.5 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1870 The Works of Shakspere Imperial Edition Folio Size Set + Steel Engravings - Complete in Two Volumes (LA396615) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1870
condition
Some minor rubbing to leather & boards with a few minor marks to leather mostly at bottom of spines & boards, corners bumped, occasional light foxing to pages but more moderate foxing to some endpapers & the very occasional page, title page & contents pages to vol 2 with a vertical crease to middle of pages but overall a set in very good condition with none of the usual cracking to hinges & majority of pages clean.
additional info
Origin:
Date of Manufacture:
c.1870
location
This 1870 The Works of Shakspere Imperial Edition Folio Size Set + Steel Engravings - Complete in Two Volumes is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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