Description
Complete in one volume, The Works of William Shakespeare published in 1857 by Phillips, Sampson, and Company.
Octavo, xii, 1027pp. Full brown calf, original boards paired with modern spine. Four bands, title in gilt on green morocco label affixed to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Solid text block, slight bow to covers, worn corners. Foxing throughout, text remains legible. Frontispiece portrait of William Shakespeare, protected with tissue guard. Contains twelve full-page black and white illustrations, including frontispiece.
Includes Shakespeare’s classic writings such as Tempest, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet.
