THIS SET BELONGED TO A DOCTOR IN NAPLES,FLORIDA-WHO PASTED AWAY AND A ESTATE AUCTION WAS HELD AND THIS SET BELONGED TO HIS FATHER-ALSO A DOCTOR AND A TRIFY AND MONEY THINKING MAN-WHO LOVED SHAKESPERE AND ALWAYS HAD 1 AT THE OFFICE TO READ AND MANY MORE A HIS HOME-BUT HE NEVER BOUGHT THEM-HE WENT TO LIBRARY AND WOULD TAKE THEM OUT-AS HIS SOME GOT OLDER-NE TO-BECAME A FAN OF SHAKESPERE AND =BOUGHT THIS SET FOR HIS FATHER WHEN HE STARTED PRATICING-THIS SET IS PRINTED IN 1909 AND OVER 125 YEARS OLD AND IN EXCELLENT CONDTION FOR ITS AGE AND INSINE LOOKS LIKE BRAND NEW AND NEVER READ ALOT