Folio (298 x 210 mm). Comprising 70 pages (185-254) on 35 leaves (Q3-Y1). Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, opening initials. (Trimming occasionally affecting borders and some catchwords, small stains near gutters of V2-V5r affecting several letters, small closed tear to Y1 affecting a few letters; else a fine copy.) Modern green morocco gilt.

SECOND PRINTINGS OF THREE COMPLETE SHAKESPEARE COMEDIES, including two of his most popular, As You Like It and Taming of the Shrew, extracted from the Second Folio. 

As You Like It remains one of the most beloved and most performed plays, and includes the famous speech by the melancholy Jacques, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts...."