THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, ACCURATELY PRINTED FROM THE TEXT OF THE CORRECTED COPIES.

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Fine old Regency binding in full smooth chestnut morocco. Rebacked with original spine laid-down. Covers bordered in five gilt fillets with corner embellishments. Central panels in blind-stamp with geometric borders and corner florets. Spine titled and decorated in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers and matching free-edges. Top of front free endpaper slightly frayed, darkened on verso. Corners gently worn. Few small scuffs on covers. Frontispiece portrait of the author, a steel-engraving by T.A. Dean. This edition of the plays was taken from the text of George Steevens and Edmond Malone. Contains a two-page sketch of the life of the author followed by a seventeen-page glossary of terms. A handsome, mellowed volume. Internally very clean throughout. The Regency Period lasted from 1811-1820. It was so-named when George, Prince of Wales, was appointed Regent due to his father King George III's worsening mental illness. The period was the last gasp of Georgian exuberance before the more staid Victorian Era. 960pp. Size: Demy Octavo. N° de ref. del artículo 002164

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