Lot 2 — SHAKESPEARE, WORKS, 1881, edition de luxe, quarto half morocco, fifteen volumes, illustrated, limited edition
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William Shakespeare, The Works of William Shakespeare, London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881; fifteen volumes; edition de luxe, numbered 773 of 1000 copies; bound in half morocco with marbled boards; illustrations by Sir John Gilbert. Samuel Johnson, Works, London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816; bound in half morocco; engraved frontispiece portrait.
Rubbing and light scuffing to leather spine ends, joints, and corners; surface wear to marbled paper boards; heavy foxing to frontispiece and surrounding leaves of 1816 volume; untrimmed page edges toned; bindings sound.