Bidspirit auction | Shakespeare, Works, Half-Leather Set, c.

Shakespeare, Works, Half-Leather Set, c. 1901 - This collection consists of multiple volumes of the works of William Shakespeare, bound in half-leather with red marbled paper boards. The spines feature four compartments with gilt-stamped floral decorations. The title and volume numbers are printed in gilt in the upper compartments, while the lower compartments list the specific plays contained within each volume. Visible volume numbers include II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, and XII, with one additional volume present that lacks its spine leather. The plays listed on the spines include Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, King John, Troilus and Cressida, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Henry IV Parts I and II, King Henry V, Henry VI Part I, Coriolanus, Henry VIII, and Macbeth, with Volume XII serving as an index. These volumes are small octavo (8vo) in size. A handwritten price tag on the spine of Volume XII identifies the set as being from 1901.