The Printing and Proof-Reading of the First Folio of Shakespeare Vols. 1 & 2
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. Boards. 10 x 7 inches (25.5 x 18 cm), dark blue boards with gilt lettering on spine, very mild to head and tail of spine. Dust jackets have minor wear to extremities. Volume II has a 1 inch closed tear near spine and 1/4 inches closed tear near flap.
Volume I: errata slip attached. Illustrations include (33) figures in the text, (11) plates, 507 pp.
Volume II: illustrations include (2) figures in the text and two plates and 559 pp.
Both volumes have the folio title page with Shakespeare's portrait as frontispiece. Volume I is the proof copy. Volume II is the Jaggard-Vincent presentation copy. Very good. / Very good. Item #1297
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