The pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1839 - 1843
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140021
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v., plates . ill.. . 25cm.. Not indigenous. Imperfect, only vols held: Tragedies, vol.I; Comedies, vol I; Histories, vol. I. Bound uniformly, and vols. numbered II, III, and IV respectively. Vol. IV (Histories vol. I) has "All's well that ends well" bound in at the end.. Provenance: Each vol. has inscription on front pastedown: "Mr and Mrs Rust 1860".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green calf, blind tooled at edges; marbled paper over boards; four false raised bands, gilt tooled; red spine label, gilt lettered.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Charles Knight (1791-1873)