The National Shakespeare A Fac-simile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623
by Shakespeare, William:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Carlisle, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Mackenzie, London, n.d. (c.1870). 3 volumes complete. Pagination irregular as it includes 'all those pecularities of paging, spelling, and punctuation' of the original 'First Folio'. Illustrated with 20 photographic engravings from drawings by Sir J. Noel Paton, 2 portraits of Shakespeare, 1 photo illus of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford on Avon and another of Shakespeare's tomb in 'Stratford Church'. The engravings are India-proof impressions. Bound in the publisher's full dark green morocco with raised bands and gilt titles and decorations on the spines. The covers are decorated in gilt and have deeply inset oval central panels with gilt titles and heraldic emblems. Covers are scuffed (mainly to extremities), with some loss of surface leather (causing small scarring to the gilt date of a decorative device on one volume), but still look very impressive. Hinges of one volume (Histories) split 16cms to upper rear, 12 cms to upper front and 10 cms to lower front. Contents little foxed. A number of pages are browned, mostly in the 'Comedies' volume. Marbled end papers with residual marks from removed bookplates. One portrait of Shakespeare with slight loss to background (10x5mm). 41x28cms.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane & John Kinnaird (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 727
- Title
- The National Shakespeare A Fac-simile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623
- Author
- Shakespeare, William:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Mackenzie, London, n.d. (c.1870).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Jane & John Kinnaird
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About the Seller
Jane & John Kinnaird
Biblio member since 2006
Carlisle
About Jane & John Kinnaird
Keswick Bookshop: We have a bookshop in Keswick in the English Lake District with antiquarian and secondhand books on most subjects and a selection of maps and prints.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...