First edition edited by Howard Staunton and illustrated by John Gilbert. Three volumes. Quarto. Bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Lettered and decorated gilt to spines. A near fine set.
 
PROVENANCE: J.A. Arrowsmith-Brown (d.1937), Bristol publisher, with his bookplate to each front pastedown. He was the nephew of J.W. Arrowsmith and inherited the publishing firm from him.
 
An attractive set of Shakespeare with a good provenance.