publisher's splendid binding of the full straight-grained crimson morocco, gilt leaves, and with a fine large goldblocked cover ornament of an emblematic group-Shakespeare seated between Dramatic Poetry and Art. Lond. Printed by Bulmer for the Boydells, 1802 This magnificent edition is one of the best printed and illustrated books that has ever been published. 659. SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM). The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. With engraved portrait and an engraving to every play, by Thomas Stothard. 24mo, red satin, as published. Lond. 1826 WILLIAM PICKERING'S ONE VOLUME DIAMOND EDITION, PRINTED THROUGHOUT, BOTH PLATES AND TEXT, ON INDIA PAPER. BUT FEW COPIES WERE ISSUED. 660. SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM). Works, edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall. With Notes and Introduction to each Play by F. A. Marshall and other Shakespearean Scholars. With numerous illusts. by G. Browne and facsimiles. 8 vols small 4to, half leather, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 1890 THE HENRY IRVING SHAKESPEARE. 661. SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM). Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis. A Reproduction in Facsimile of the FIRST EDITION of 1593. With Introduction and Bibliography by Sidney Lee. 4to, full ooze calf, uncut, with leather ties. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905 Limited and numbered edition signed by Sidney Lee. Now out of print and scarce. Shelley First Editions. "Adonais" in the original blue wrappers and "Laon and Cythna," with the 'rare leaf of errata. UNCUT COPY OF "LAON AND CYTHNA," WITH THE LEAF OF ERRATA. 662. SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE). Laon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City, A Vision of the Nineteenth Century, in the Stanza of Spenser. THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt top, OTHER EDGES UNCUT, BY BEdford. Lond. Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1818 FINE COPY. SUPPRESSED. It has frequently been said that only three copies were issued, but there are probably about twelve copies in existence. Almost immediately the book was recalled and several leaves reprinted, in order to suppress the objectionable passages. The same year it was re-issued under the title of "The Revolt of Islam. THE ABOVE COPY CONTAINS THE RARE LEAF OF ERRATA AT THE END (its proper place). Some copies contain a leaf of advertisement at end, this does not, although it contains a blank leaf following title that is not mentioned in Slater's collation. FROM THE FAMOUS HIBBERT COLLECTION, WITH BOOKPLATE. |