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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Dramatic Works ... revised by George Steevens, London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, George and W. Nicol, 1802. 9 volumes, 2° (417 x 302mm.), half titles, engraved plates after Reynolds, Smirke, Stothard, Opie and others. (Plates offset onto text, occasional spotting and browning). Contemporary calf elaborately panelled and decorated in gilt and blind, the covers with an outer gilt foliate border and an inner border consisting of an interlacing geometric design incorporating stylised flower stems, g.e. (Joints and corners rubbed). Provenance: William Gibbs (armorial bookplate). Jaggard p. 508. (9)
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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Dramatic Works ... revised by George Steevens, London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, George and W. Nicol, 1802. 9 volumes, 2° (417 x 302mm.), half titles, engraved plates after Reynolds, Smirke, Stothard, Opie and others. (Plates offset onto text, occasional spotting and browning). Contemporary calf elaborately panelled and decorated in gilt and blind, the covers with an outer gilt foliate border and an inner border consisting of an interlacing geometric design incorporating stylised flower stems, g.e. (Joints and corners rubbed). Provenance: William Gibbs (armorial bookplate). Jaggard p. 508. (9)