The Works of Shakspeare, revised from the best authorities, with a Memoir and Essay on his genius by Bryan W. Procter (Harry Cornwall) chess Foxing to pastedowns and endpapers

Foxing to pastedowns and endpapers across both vols

second UK edition

short nick to the spine

still delights us with the story of how the great Caliph Adbullah al Mamun commanded his friends and his brother Al Mu'tassim Billah each to cook a dish of food

Translated by Vladimir Kean from Franz Kuhn's German version of the original Chinese with an introduction by Franz Kuhn

The Works of Shakspeare, revised from the best authorities, with a Memoir and Essay on his genius by Bryan W. Procter (Harry Cornwall) chess Foxing to pastedowns and endpapersBlackie and Sons, 1886 88. Also annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by distinguished writers, and numerous illustrative engravings from designs by Kenny Meadows and T. H. Nicholson. Complete in six volumes. Quarto. Original illustrated boards, ends of spines slightly rubbed and rolled; front edge of spine vol I rubbed; corner tips bumped; top edges gilt; gutters uncracked; scattered spots of foxing throughout; several surface marks in