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THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE illustrated by Fuseli, Blake 1805

$1,800.00

THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE 

8 volumes vol. III to vol. X volumes I/II missing

24,5 cm x 14,5 cm

Beautiful leather bounding 

Fuseli and William Blake designed the illustrations in this ten-volume set of Shakepeare's plays, edited by George Steevens published in 1805

Accurately printed from the Text of the corrected Copy left by the late GEORGE STEVENS, Esa.

WITH A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS, FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF HENRY FUSELI, Esp. R.A. PROFESSOR OF PAINTING: AND A SELECTION OF EXPLANATORY AND HISTORICAL NOTES,

From the most eminent Commentators;

A History of the Stage, a Life of Shakspeare, &c.
BY ALEXANDER CHALMERS, A. M.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

 

LONDON:

Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; H. L. Gardner; W. J. and J. Richardson; J. Nichols and Son; T. Payne; R. Faulder; G. and J. Robinson; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie; Scatcherd and Letterman; T. Egerton; J. Walker; W. Clarke and Son; J. Barker and Son; J. Mawman; Blacks and Parry; J. Badcock; J. Asperne; and T. Ostell.

1805.