Charles Knight
WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
3 Volume Leather Set
FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS

1890

Charles Knight (Editor)

WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE

London: George Routledge and Sons, undated but circa 1890.

3 volume set complete. Bound in dark brown calf over marbled covers, inner marbled boards and page edges, 2 slightly raised bands with fine gilt tooling to spine. Featuring numerous, fine full page engravings.

77/8 x 55/8 inches

Volume I: [12], 793, [6] with 6 full page engravings and 1 page adverts at back.  

Volume II: [12], 810, [6] with 6 full page engravings.

Volume III: [12], 807, [6] with 6 full page engravings and 1 page adverts at back.  

Very good condition with minor edge and shelf wear, half title page of volume I loose and worn at page's edge at the hinge but holding well, a spot of marring to upper front cover near spine of volume III, a few pages throughout have coloured pencil notations, inner hinges 'cracked' here and there making for a few slightly loose signatures. Otherwise volumes are tight, square and complete.