The Complete Works of William Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) with a Selection of Notes and Preface by Dr. Johnson by Shakespeare, William [1564-1616] Preface by Dr. Johnson - 1846

Published by J. J. Chidley, 123 Aldersgate Street, London 1846. 1846., 1846. Hard back binding in publisher's original full black leather covers, elaborate gilt tooling to spine, front and rear boards, all page edges gilt, gilt author lettering to the spine. Demi 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. Contains [xx] 1012 printed pages of text with preface, a glossary of obsolete words, explanatory notes. With a portrait from the Chandos picture, engraved by Cochran, and forty beautiful full-page, single-sided, paper-guarded captioned illustrations from designs by Smirke, Westall, Corbould, Stephanoff, and Wright. The hinges have internal repairs with white linen acid-free pH neutral conservation tape, rubbing to the edges and corners, minor foxing to the early pages and some of the verso plates. Heavy volume. Member of the P.B.F.A.