The Works of William Shakespear. Volume the Ninth. - Shakespear, William [Shakespeare]

1/4" missing leather at head of spine 1/2" chip leather at tail of spine Leather split along 2/3 of rear joint Spine lettering piece rubbed and worn Headbands lacking Small 1/4" loss of leather at tips of corners of boards Some small abrasions leather on rear board Owner's signature scribbled out on title page Some foxing preliminary leaves The first duodecimo format printing of Shakespeare's Sonnets 4 lvi iv 41 5 45-406 pages 2 copperplate engravings Contemporary full calf binding Gilt borders boards and gilt tooled decoration spine Red leather lettering piece on spine Page dimensions 163 x 95mm Red speckling page edges Several woodcut inhabited initials woodcut headpieces and tailpieces In 1714 Rowe added Curll's 1710 edition of the poems his 8 volume edition of Shakespeare form a 9 volume set This is Volume Nine only of that set The Sonnets are presented as "Mr Shakespear's Miscellany Poems" and are given individual titles e.g "A Sweet Provocation" "Loss and Gain" "His Heart wounded...