7 03SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of Shakespeare. London, 1899. Twelve volumes. Octavo, contemporary full red morocco gilt. $6500 “Shakespeare Is The Canon. He Sets The Standard And The Limits Of Literature” Fine set of the “Larger Temple Shakespeare,” one of only 175 sets printed on handmade paper, beautifully illustrated with 40 full-page plates (30 hand-tinted), and copious in-text line cuts, very handsomely bound. “Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standard and the limits of literature” (Harold Bloom). This splendid edition of Shakespeare’s Works “aims at the elucidation of the text by means of illustrative drawings from old books, broadsides, antiquarian objects, [and] maps, belonging for the most part, to the poet’s own times.” With a biography of Shakespeare, “newly discovered” frontispiece portrait published for the first time, a folding view of London during Shakespeare’s day, facsimile title and preliminary pages from the First Folio, and glossaries of Shakespearian English. Chapter headings printed in red. Fine condition.
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