Bound in marbled boards with taped spine. Pencil name of S.W.H. Ireland on first endpaper. Ireland name likely an authorial attribution and not a signature.
Title and text within gold-line borders. (From Omni) Compiled by Henry Noel Humphreys and elaborately printed in gold and colors imitating an illuminated manuscript: black papier-mâché binding (from same mould as first edition, 1851) with terracotta portrait medallion, overlaid on crimson paper. All edges gilt. Title page in red and black; initials and tail-pieces in gold. First page of text within ornamental border. Enshrines the words of Shakespeare in "a reliquary as rich as a combination of the typographic and lithochromic arts could form"--Preface. (From Folger)
3 vols. ESTC T138281. Western copy listed. Folger notes: The third and last volume" was published in 1754.
Press figure on p. 62, vol. 2: 1; variant: no press figure" Need to check our copy.
Shakespeare : an outline of his life, with references to his family, his friends, and his contemporaries : also, his biographers.-- Stratford : a walk through the town.-- The former jubilees.-- The tercentenary festival. (From Omni)
Binding: Bound in gold embossed purple cloth with Shakespeare arms as centerpiece and gilt edges.Binders ticket reads "Bound by Lewis & Sons, Gough Square Fleet St. London." Front endpaper has stamp of Joseph Crosby Zanesville Ohio. Additional inscription reads, Purchased at the Sale of Joseph Crosby's Shakespearean Library Catalogue number 328. With a few penciled notes throughout and on back endpaper.
