A new edition. Eight volumes. Octavo. Bound in contemporary calf, attractively decorated with gilt frames, spines renewed in goatskin to style.
A very good set, spines renewed. Quite heavy foxing, particularly to the plates. Attractive contemporary morocco presentation label to front pastedown, lettered in gilt: "To Thomas Slee Terril A Mark Of Gratitude From His Cambridge Pupils".
A very attractive edition of Shakespeare. This edition was also issued in a smaller format across ten volumes this same year.