The Illustrated Library Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) | Notes, Critical and Explanatory (3 Volumes in 9 Complete) Part 1: Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Much Ado About Nothing | Part 2: The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; The Merchant of Venice; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Love's Labour's Lost; As You Like It | Part 3: As You Like It (continued); The Winter's tale; All's Well That Ends Well; Macbeth; Troilus and Cressida; Timon of Athens | Part 4: Timon of Athens (continued); Hamlet; Cymbeline; Romeo and Juliet; King Lear | Part 5: King Lear (continued); Othello; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra | Part 6: King John; King Richard II;

Shakespeare, William (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare 1564-1616) Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. [Samuel Neil]

Published by Published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London | South Bridge, Edinburgh | Howard Street, Glasgow circa . 1890., 1890

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Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original Brunswick green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt backs, elaborate gilt vignette to the front boards, blind tools to the rear, all page edges gilt, lemon end papers. Quarto 12'' x 10''. Contains 36 tipped-in chromolithograph coloured plates and 36 full page monochrome pictures on thick card stock with hundreds of text monochrome illustrations throughout. Repaired tear to front hinge and top of the spine to volume IX, contents of all nine volumes neatly hand written to the front free end paper of volume IX, some surface marks to the front boards of three volumes, occasional finger marks, without any foxing or age toning to the paper. Heavy volume set weighing 15 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHAKESPEARE, William.

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• Title: The Illustrated Library Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) | Notes, Critical and Explanatory (3 Volumes in 9 Complete) Part 1: Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Much Ado About Nothing | Part 2: The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; The Merchant of Venice; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Love's Labour's Lost; As You Like It | Part 3: As You Like It (continued); The Winter's tale; All's Well That Ends Well; Macbeth; ...
• Publisher: Published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London | South Bridge, Edinburgh | Howard Street, Glasgow circa . 1890.
• Publication Date: 1890
• Binding: Hardcover