9 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary polished calf gilt, top edge gilt, spines in six compartments elaborately gilt with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in three compartments, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (rubbing).

FIRST EDITION of the "Cambridge Shakespeare," with text based on collation and comparison of the Folio and Quarto editions of Shakespeare's works.  William Aldis Wright "was the first editor to give due attention to the Elizabethan usage of words, and the value of this series has been acknowledged by many later editors....learning, accuracy, and common sense combined to make him one of Britain's greatest Shakespearean scholars" (ODNB).