“SETS THE STANDARD AND THE LIMITS OF LITERATURE”: THE CAMBRIDGE SHAKESPEARE, HANDSOMELY BOUND
SHAKESPEARE. The Works (The Cambridge Shakespeare). London and New York: Macmillan, 1891-1902. Nine volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter crushed scarlet morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and partially unopened.
Mixed edition set of The Cambridge Shakespeare, uniformly and handsomely bound.
“Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standard and the limits of literature” (Harold Bloom). “The Cambridge Shakespeare,” first published 1863-66, has “become the standard text of Shakespeare… The introductions contain the safest guide as to authorities for the text and the notes form a complete apparatus criticus of the text… [It] is a monument of editorial judgment and accurate scholarship” (Cambridge History of English and American Literature V § 20). Jaggard, 699. Occasional pencil markings.
A fine set, handsomely bound.