The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - William Shakespeare, William Watkiss Lloyd, Samuel Weller Singer 1856 - Bell and Daldy, London An elegant ten volume mid-nineteenth century set of Shakespeare's works, finely bound by Bayntun-Rivière of Bath.

Illustrated with wood engravings by John Thompson from drawings by Thomas Stothard, and photographs, decorated with headpieces and floriated initials.

The text carefully revised with notes by Samuel Weller Singer, together with a biography and critical essays on the plays by William Watkiss Lloyd.
  Ten octavo volumes (binding size 19.7x13.3cm), pp. [2] cxxvi [2] 449 [3]; [8] 556 [2]; [8] 490 [2]; [8] 531 [3]; [8] 468 [2]; [8] 573 [3]; [8] 492 [2]; [8] 515 [3]; [8] 532 [2]; [8] 510 [2].   Bound in three quarter tan morocco over marbled paper, spines tooled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt others trimmed.   Condition: Fine in near fine bindings, light wear to some corners and small spots of abrasion to a few spines.   Ref: 111291   Price: HK$ 15,000