The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes [without the tenth volume]. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to Which is Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an Appendix. London: Printed for C. Bathurst, et al., MDCCLXXIII (1773).
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Contains:
Prefaces; The Tempest; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour Lost; A Midsummer-Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; As You Like It; The Taming of the Shrew; All's Well That Ends Well; Twelfth Night; Winter's Tale; Macbeth; King John; King Richard II.; King Henry IV. Part I.; King Henry IV. Part II.; King Henry V.; King Henry VI. Part I.; King Henry VI. Part II.; King Henry VI. Part III.; King Richard III.; King Henry VIII.; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Timon of Athens; Titus Andronicus; Troilus and Cressida; Cymbeline; King Lear.
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Provenance:
Armorial bookplate with the motto "Deus Agit Causam" (God conducts the cause).
"Thomas Sunderland" printed name attached to front blanks.
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Size: 146 x 220 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
Full calf bindings with decorative gilt in compartments to the spines. Tooled labels lacking. Bindings rubbed and scuffed with some scratches. Most boards attached, joints and hinges starting or cracked, thus fragile, front board of volume one detached. Some headcaps and tailcoats lacking, some present headcaps and tailcaps are worn. Shelf and edge wear. Marbled page edges dulled. Armorial bookplate and pencil inscriptions to front blanks in all volumes. Text blocks lightly toned with occasional foxing. Uncollated. Volume two half title and title page partially detached, remaining attached at the top. Volume three lacks title leaf. Volumes one through to nine only, of ten, lacking the final volume.
*Due to the number of volumes present, not all condition details are listed above. The above condition description is an indication of the general condition of the set as a whole.
