The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere with the Notes of All the Various Commentators (Bell's Edition) [20 vols - complete] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]
by SHAKESPEARE, William (1564–1616)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, United Kingdom
Item Price
€736.68€626.18
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Bell, 1788. First Edition, thus. Half Leather. Good to Very Good. Printed Complete From the Best Editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens. 12mo (15cm). Complete in 20 volumes, with essays by Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, many of the plays with separate, lengthy, very detailed annotations, setting out bibliographical issues, printing history and the like. An important scholarly reference for the time, gathering together numerous essays and commentaries on the plays. Under Bell's direction, these sets would have been issued at a competitive price. Prolegomena, Vol I: frontis. portrait engraving of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with the facing engraved dedication page by John Bell to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. A collection of Prefaces, including Pope, Johnson, Warburton and Heminge and Condell's preface to the folio edition of 1623. Prolegomena, Vol II: engraved frontis portrait of E. Malone (Edward), engraved portrait of David Garrick, Nicholas Rowe with Rowe's Life of Shakespeare, three engravings of Shakespeare, and his will, including the folding facsimile. Vol XII with the fold out plate of Morris Dancers. Engraved plates to each volume, mostly depicting leading actors in character. Half calf with marbled paper over boards, marbled leading and lower page edges. Gilt rules to red corner leather, author and title labels to spine compartments, gilt rules to spine edges. Armorial bookplate of Arthur Young (1741–1820), agricultural reformer and writer, to front pastedown. As can be seen from the picture, features a wolf's head atop a coronet, a slimmed down version of Young's usual bookplate which also features his heraldic shield, doubtless this bookplate made for his smaller size volumes. Occasional minor foxing to some endpapers and plates, one plate (Measure for Measure) detached, marbled paper to boards some what rubbed and worn to edges of some volumes. Fragment missing to lower corner of pp. 37, vol IV, Merry Wives of Windsor with minor loss only to text. Some volumes lack their author, title labels or both. Spine ends, tips, somewhat rubbed to varying degrees. All bindings firm and intact, pages clean and bright. Overall, a sound set of this important edition, with no significant flaws.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- tinyBook (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00005596
- Title
- The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere with the Notes of All the Various Commentators (Bell's Edition) [20 vols - complete] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William (1564–1616)
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1788
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
tinyBook
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
tinyBook
Biblio member since 2007
BATH
About tinyBook
Books, ephemera, with a focus on Japan, China, East Asia, and South East Asia, East, South and South East Asian languages, as well as modern firsts, economics and social sciences. From time to time, works on paper, prints, maps and photography. All wants encouraged, books bought and sold on commission also.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Also Recommended
-
Save 10% on every purchase!
Join the Bibliophiles’ Club and start saving 10% on every book.
$29.95 / Year