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The Works of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
1735
J. Tonson : London
6.5" by 4"
[20], 60, 71, 70, [2], 83, [1], 60, 72; [2], 93, [3], 96, 82, [2], 84, 96; [2], 96, 95, [1], 86, 69, [1]; [2], 84, 72, 72, 68, [4], 107 [1]; [2], 91, [5], 96, 95, [1], 96; [2], 67, [1], 130, [2], 49, [1], 72, 60, 22, [2], 59, [1pp.]
SUMMARY
An exceedingly scarce early Tonson edition of the works of William Shakespeare, with six volumes out of eight.
An Important Work,Early Edition,Leather Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 3 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
An extremely scarce, early Tonson edition of the works of William Shakespeare, comprised of six volumes out of eight. Lacking Volume the Second and Volume the Third.
Each play carries its own pagination, with a title page and frontispiece, the title pages for the plays are dated from 1734 to 1736. Also present is an additional title page to each volume, with the incorrect date of 1635 printed, instead of 1735, as called for. Dated using Jisc, from copies held at the University of Oxford Libraries.
Comprised of the following:
Volume the First, containing 'The Tempest', 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', 'Measure for Measure', 'The Comedy of Errors' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'. With 'Some Account of the Life of William Shakespeare' to the front of the work, unpaginated.
Volume the Fourth, containing 'King Henry IV Part the Second', 'King Henry V', 'King Henry VI Part the First', 'King Henry VI Part the Second' and 'King Henry VI Part the Third'.
Volume the Fifth, containing 'King Richard III', 'King Henry VIII', 'Troilus and Cressida', 'Coriolanus' and 'Titus Andronicus'.
Volume the Sixth, containing 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Timon of Athens', 'Julius Caesar', 'Macbeth' and 'Hamlet Prince of Denmark'.
Volume the Seventh, containing 'King Lear', 'Othello', 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'Cymbeline'.
Volume the Eighth, containing 'Pericles Prince of Tyre', 'London Prodigal', 'Thomas Lord Cromwell', 'Sir John Oldcastle', 'The Puritan', 'A Yorkshire Tragedy' and 'Locrine'.
With ink inscriptions from previous owners to the title pages and endpapers.
Bound in full calf.
CONDITION
In a full calf binding. Externally, worn, with rubbing and bumping to the leather. Front board has detached to the first, fourth, sixth and eighth, with the rear board detached to the seventh volume. Other hinges are strained, with the boards holding on by one cord to the first, fourth and seventh volumes. Loss to leather, particularly to the backstrip of the fourth, sixth and eighth volumes. Loss to the front board of volume four. Ink inscriptions to title pages and endpapers, with the occasional ink annotation. Internally, binding is tender in places, with binding split to the sixth volume. Pages are a little age toned, with slight offsetting from text. The occasional tear or chip to pages.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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