[Literature] [Shakespeare, William] Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 From the Chatsworth Copy in the Possession of the Duke of Devonshire...

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1902. In two volumes (with supplement: First Folio Shakespeare: Census of Copies 1902 (Oxford, 1902; tall folio; 45, [3] pp.). Limited edition, #735/1,000 numbered copies, signed by Sidney Lee. Thick folio. 908 pp. Edited and with an Introduction by Lee. Original full reverse calf, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, calf ties; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; bookseller's ticket on front paste-down (Hugh Hopkins, Glasgow); in brown cloth folding case.

Together with supplementary volume:

Shakespeare's Poems & Pericles (title from spine label)
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1905. Limited edition, #197/1,000 numbered copies, signed by Sidney Lee. Thick 4to. Bound as above; scattered ink stamps of the Francis Bacon Library (and remnants of same on front and rear paste-downs); in yellow cloth folding case.

Lot includes: Tercentenary of the Publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare's Works. London: The London Shakespeare League, 1925. Third edition. Square 8vo. Introduction by Sidney Lee. Original printed wrappers.

A fine set.

[Literature] [Shakespeare, William] Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 From the Chatsworth Copy in the Possession of the Duke of Devonshire...