1788 20Vol SHAKESPEARE Complete Original LEATHER Set Rare & Desirable Bells Ed! FINE Beautiful Bindings! Start Price USD 2,850.00 Current Price USD 2,850.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 16, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location Gerry, New York See more about '1788 20Vol SHAKESPEARE Complete Original LEATHER Set' Description Gorgeous and sound complete set of Shakespeare in their original leather bindings! Highly sought after Bell's Edition! Rarely found complete and in such Fine Condition! The Dramatick Writings of William Shakspeare   With the Notes of all the various Commentators; Printed Complete From The Best Editions of Samuel Johnson and George Steevens.   Complete in Twenty Volumes.     Volumes include: AS YOU LIKE IT. A Comedy. By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THE TEMPEST. THE WINTER'S TALE. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR MEASURE FOR MEASURE TWELFTH-NIGHT; OR WHAT YOU WILL LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM COMEDY OF ERRORS MERCHANT OF VENICE TAMING OF THE SHREW ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL TIMON OF ATHENS TROILUS AND CRESSIDA TITUS ANDRONICUS JULIUS CAESAR ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA CORIOLANUS CYMBELINE MACBETH KING JOHN KING RICHARD II KING HENRY IV KING HENRY V KING HENRY VI KING RICHARD III KING HENRY VIII KING LEAR HAMLET ROMEO AND JULIET OTHELLO as well as two volumes of Prolegomena To The Dramatick Writings of William Shakespeare. (This includes numerous Prefaces, Advertisements, Essays, List of Editions, Rowe's Life of Shakespeare, Anecdotes of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Will, Portraits, Chronology, etc)   Publisher: London: Printed for, and under the Direction of, John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. 1788. First Edition.  *Half-Titles are present! Number of Volumes: 20 volumes~ complete set. Binding: Original bindings of full 3/4 black polished calf leather! Leather retains a rich patina & shine, and is NOT dried out! Bindings are solid! Elaborate and bright gilt banding and designs on spines! Brilliant! Marbleized boards. WITHOUT chipping! Fine (Excellent) Condition! Volume Size: Volumes measure 6 inches tall and 3 3/4 inches wide! This set commands 2 feet of shelf space! TEG (top edges of pages gilded): No Foxing~ Is Text Clean?:Text is Extremely White, Clean and Crisp! Extremely minimal foxing only.  Endpapers: Non-decorative. WITHOUT any signatures, WITHOUT Ex Libris plates! Illustrated: Yes! Numerous engraved plates in each volume!  Number of Pages in Volume, or Average Page Count Per Volume: Volumes are complete. Additional Notes:Attractive and sound complete set in their original leather bindings! Numerous engraved illustrations! A highly desirable set of Bell's Shakespeare! Fine Condition! An excellent addition to any library, and/or a memorable gift! 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