[SHAKESPEARE, William]; HOWARD, Frank. - The Spirit of the Plays of Shakspeare, Exhibited in a Series of Outline Plates Illustrative of the Story of Each Play.

"A series of designs, illustrative of the stories of Shakspeare's plays, may prove acceptable to the admirers of our immortal poet, as a humble accompaniment to his works."

[SHAKESPEARE, William]; HOWARD, Frank.

The Spirit of the Plays of Shakspeare, Exhibited in a Series of Outline Plates Illustrative of the Story of Each Play. London: T. Cadell, et al., 1833.

First edition.

Five octavo volumes. With 481 (of 483) plates. Lacking one plate from The Comedy of Errors, in vol. IV, and one from Romeo and Juliet, vol. V. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown of each volume. Some rubbing and minor edge-wear, corners lightly bumped, small bookseller's label to front pastedown of each volume, foxing throughout, but still very good.

An excellent copy of this remarkable set, with numerous illustrations of Shakespeare's plays accompanied by quotations and descriptions for each.

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