Fletcher Alexander Reverend (2 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. Famed for their collaboration, this set contains the complete dramatic works of Renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Comprising the complete dramatic works of Renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, this set of eleven volumes includes bibliographic and performance notes, as well as a biographical memoir of the dramatists by Reverend Alexander Dyce. With a frontispiece to the first two volumes. Includes their collaborative plays, The Woman Hater, Cupid's Revenge, and The Noble Gentleman. In a full calf binding with gilt stamping to the spines. Externally, generally sound. Volumes III, V, and XI are missing a spine label. The joint front joint has failed to volumes I, II, VI, VIII, and X so the front boards are detached. The front joint to volumes III and IV, and the rear joint of volume I are extremely tender, and may the boards may detached with further handling. The calf is torn to the rear joints of volumes III, V, VI, VII, IX and X but has been repaired. The front joint of volume VII is starting, but firm, and both the front and rear joints are starting but firm to volume XI. The rear hinge is starting, and is a little tender to volumes VII and VIII. Internally, firmly bound, with a little strain to the rear of volume III. Aside from the plates, pages are generally bright and clean, with some occasional light spots, and the odd bit of marginalia in pencil. Good. Nont (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Two volumes, folio. IV, [4], 942pp, 943-1260pp, 230pp, [10], 1261-1622pp, [4], 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. 2 additional engraved title-pages. Ribbon markers. Both volumes have the London imprint of George Virtue upon the pictorial and text title pages. Stunning Bible profusely illustrated with over a hundred steel engravings after drawings or paintings by de Loutherbourgh, Amiconi, J. S. Hart, Hamilton, Schopin, Horace Vernet, W. H. Bartlett, Rubens, Northcote, Guercino, F. Bol, W. Artaud, Murillo, M. A. Colin, H. Singleton, J. Opie, Gros, Raffaello d'Urbino, Raphaël, and many more. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Text in 2 columns with centre references and reflections at foot of page. This work is complete with the Books of Apocrypha and an alphabetical list of proper names of the Old Testament, persons and places. Slight rubbing along joints and raised bands. Minor damp-staining on upper inner margin of very first pages of first volume (not affecting text or illustrations). Sporadic foxing affecting tissue-guards and margins of some plates (not affecting illustrations). Frontispiece of second volume detached but present. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.…