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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Dramatic Works of W. Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed. Paris: Baudry, 1829.
8o (228 x 138 mm). Half title, engraved portrait frontispiece (light spotting thorughout, some marginal staining). Contemporary black straight-grained morocco, covers with gilt and blind fillet and roll-tooled borders, rounded corner ornaments, flat spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one compartment, gilt or blind ornaments in the rest, board edges and turn-ins gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF WARWICK CASTLE and WINDSOR CASTLE AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (lightly rubbed, particularly to joints, spine faded); modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Charles Keyser (bookplate); Stanton C. Christensen (bookplate; sold Christie's New York, 8 December 1989, lot 216).
8o (228 x 138 mm). Half title, engraved portrait frontispiece (light spotting thorughout, some marginal staining). Contemporary black straight-grained morocco, covers with gilt and blind fillet and roll-tooled borders, rounded corner ornaments, flat spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one compartment, gilt or blind ornaments in the rest, board edges and turn-ins gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF WARWICK CASTLE and WINDSOR CASTLE AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (lightly rubbed, particularly to joints, spine faded); modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Charles Keyser (bookplate); Stanton C. Christensen (bookplate; sold Christie's New York, 8 December 1989, lot 216).