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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Plays and Poems, London: William Pickering, 1825. 11 volumes, 8° (182 x 111mm). Half titles. (A few light scattered spots.) Later blue calf, covers with border in blind, spines gilt with two red calf lettering-pieces (spines a little faded, rubbed and a little scuffed). Provenance: Philip Currie (bookplates). 'Wreath edition', containing the attributed plays and Samuel Johnson's classic preface. Jaggard p. 516; Lowndes 3, 2266.
With Laurence Sterne's Works (London, 1780, 10 vols.) and 2 sets of Walter Scott's Poetical Works (Edinburgh, 1821, 10 vols. & Edinburgh, 1868, 12 vols. respectively), all bound in contemporary calf and morocco. (43)
With Laurence Sterne's Works (London, 1780, 10 vols.) and 2 sets of Walter Scott's Poetical Works (Edinburgh, 1821, 10 vols. & Edinburgh, 1868, 12 vols. respectively), all bound in contemporary calf and morocco. (43)
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