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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) The Works of Shakespear, edited by Alexander Pope.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, volume I: 1725, volumes II-VI: 1723.
First edition, six large quarto volumes, illustrated with two engraved portraits of Shakespeare; list of subscribers present in the first volume; bound in full contemporary sprinkled calf boards; the set rebacked; boards of first volume detached; purchased from Seven Gables in 1966; 11 x 8 3/4 in. (6)
