The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes, Volume I ONLY: The Life of Shakespeare, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure; The Stratford-on-Avon Edition

Rev. Alexander Dyce, ed.

Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London

About this Item

Includes 20 photographs and illustrations protected with tissue, including frontispiece of William Shakespeare and photographs from contemporaneous theater productions. Volume 1 only, with a Life of Shakespeare, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure. Half-morocco leather binding with marbled boards to match green and brown marbled endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Leather slightly scuffed at spine and corners. Marbled paper boards lightly worn at edges. Interior in near-fine condition, with marbled endpapers. Page fore-edges are deckled, top-edges are gilded. This 1st volume of a ten-volume set is from the fourth edition, printed circa 1880. Alexander Dyce (1798?1869) was a Scottish writer and scholar, known for his books on Shakespeare. See our listings for more volumes from this edition. Hardcover, very good condition. 556 pages, octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes, Volume I ONLY: The Life of Shakespeare, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure; The Stratford-on-Avon Edition
• Publisher: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Shakespeare