SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Chiswick Shakespeare.
Illustrated by Byam Shaw. Printed from the Cambridge text (Globe edition)...
Stock Code
93733
London, George Bell & Sons., 1899
£1,900
Description
Limited edition of 200 sets, this one not numbered, 16mo. 155 by 110mm (6 by 4¼ inches), 39 volumes, engraved illustrated title-pages, frontispieces, half-title vignettes and further full-page plates by Byam Shaw, printed on 'Japanese vellum'*, publisher's vellum-backed cream buckram gilt, spines age toned (some more than others), occasional marks and light surface soiling to buckram, internally toned but very clean indeed, a few pages still unopened, in all a very good and highly attractive set of this illusive edition.
* Vellum: a type of smooth paper.
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