BOYDELL, John & Josiah (publishers) A Collection of Prints from Pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare by the artists of Great Britain, London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1803, 2 volumes in one, large 2°, engraved frontispieces of George III and Queen Charlotte after William Beechey, engraved title vignettes and 95 plates only (of 96) after Henry Fuseli, William Hamilton, James Northcote, John Opie, Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Robert Smirke, Benjamin West, Joseph Wright and other artists (the Reynolds plate of Macbeth cleanly torn, As You Like It after Smirke cleanly torn and repaired, another plate damaged at outer margin, light marginal staining to some plates, heavier damp-staining to final plates in volume II, the last plate creased), modern blue half morocco over old marbled boards.

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BOYDELL, John & Josiah (publishers) A Collection of Prints from Pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare by the artists of Great Britain, London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1803, 2 volumes in one, large 2°, engraved frontispieces of George III and Queen Charlotte after William Beechey, engraved title vignettes and 95 plates only (of 96) after Henry Fuseli, William Hamilton, James Northcote, John Opie, Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Robert Smirke, Benjamin West, Joseph Wright and other artists (the Reynolds plate of Macbeth cleanly torn, As You Like It after Smirke cleanly torn and repaired, another plate damaged at outer margin, light marginal staining to some plates, heavier damp-staining to final plates in volume II, the last plate creased), modern blue half morocco over old marbled boards.

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