The Works of William Shakspeare, Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works, Complete; Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left By the Late George Srevens, Esq. With a Glossary and Notes, and A Memoir, By Alexander Chalmers, A.M.

Brown textured cloth, unstamped, with "Shakspeare" lettered in gilt on spine panel, text block edged in gilt. Modestly rubbed edges, light shelf wear, with gilt on edges partially rubbed away. The binding and endpapers do not seem quite right for the period or match copies of other descriptions located for this edition, so we suspect this copy to have been rebound at some point -- though certainly not recently. xii,1027 pp. Contains biographical sketch, the complete text of the 37 plays, followed by "Venus and Adonis," "Rape of Lucrece," the Sonnets, "The Passionate Pilgrim," and "A Lover's Complaint," with a rear glossary. Illus. w/ frontis. portrait + 11 additonal steel engravings by H. W. Smith, with tissue guards. Frontis., guard and title page are all moderately foxed; the remaining text block and plates show only light scattered foxing. Scarce one-volume edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.