The Plays of William Shakespeare
by SHAKESPEARE, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed by T. Bensley for Wynne & Scholey and J. Wallis 1805, 1805. 10 Volumes. 8vo. Endpapers and edges marbled. Portrait on frontispiece of volume 1. Engraved vignettes to title pages of each volume and title pages of individual plays. A Fine set in a contemporary quarter deep red morocco over marbled boards. The tips more graceful than usual with gilt rules to the borders. Spines with gilt ruled compartments and titles. A impeccably-bound set of Shakespeare. Volume One also containing Rowe's "Life of Shakespeare" and the text of his will. Volumes Nine and Ten contain prefaces and annotations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2636
- Title
- The Plays of William Shakespeare
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed by T. Bensley for Wynne & Scholey and J. Wallis 1805
- Date Published
- 1805
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Voewood Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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- Marbled boards
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...