Lot 2066 , Shakespeare, William - The Works of Shakespear (sic) in six volumes. Adorned with Sculptures. (Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer), second edition. portrait frontis., 2 plates of monuments and 36 others, num. pictorial tailpiec

° Shakespeare, William - The Works of Shakespear (sic) in six volumes. Adorned with Sculptures. (Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer), second edition. portrait frontis., 2 plates of monuments and 36 others, num. pictorial tailpiece decorations (by Gravelot after Hayman); old half calf and marbled boards (rebacked with blind and gilt decorated panelled spines, gilt lettered direct, impl. 4to. Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, 1771-70
£1,600-2,000

Condition:
Vols 2- 6 dated 1770: a certain amount of foxing (incl. on some plts., but there mostly marginal), very marked spots about 10pp. vol I, and a single marginal pencil scoring, titles browned most vols, vol.5 pp. 393/94 with clean tear no loss. viii, (vii-xxxix), (10), 514, (14); 600, 17; 563, (23); 508, (9), 552, (19) and 547, (60)pp; includes Pope's Preface and Rowe's Life; originally published (in quarto) 1743-44

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