Shakespeare, William. POEMS. LONDON: THOMAS COTES FOR JOHN BENSON 1640 8vo (142 x 87mm.), first collected edition, with frontispiece portrait by William Marshall after Droeshout and eight-line inscription, two titles (*1 and A1) both with woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 283), in dark blue crushed morocco by F. Bedford with triple fillet border and frame, cornerpieces with floral sprays and fleur-de-lis, elaborately decorated oval centrepiece, spine gilt in six compartments, board edges with double fillet gilt roll, inside dentelles, edges gilt, in a matching crushed blue morocco box, portrait inlaid, very small repair to M4 not affecting text
Shakespeare, William. POEMS. LONDON: THOMAS COTES FOR JOHN BENSON 1640 8vo (142 x 87mm.), first collected edition, with frontispiece portrait by William Marshall after Droeshout and eight-line inscription, two titles (*1 and A1) both with woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 283), in dark blue crushed morocco by F. Bedford with triple fillet border and frame, cornerpieces with floral sprays and fleur-de-lis, elaborately decorated oval centrepiece, spine gilt in six compartments, board edges with double fillet gilt roll, inside dentelles, edges gilt, in a matching crushed blue morocco box, portrait inlaid, very small repair to M4 not affecting text
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