Chiswick: Charles Whittingham, 1826. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 60 wood engravings by John Thompson from drawings by Stothard, Corbould, Harvey, and others.. 16mos, full dark cherry calf, raised bands, extra glt spines, inner dentelles, a.e.g., bound by Zaehnsdorf Bindery for Lauriat's of Boston, some rubbed spots at tips of some spines.

Singer was a member of the Society of Antiquaries, and a former bookseller, when he and Charles Whittingham printed this handsome, popular, illustrated edition of the Bard of Avon. "Singer was responsible for a careful collation of the text and many useful notes. ... He unostentatiously did much to advance the study of Elizabethan literature - DNB." John Thompson, trained by Robert Branston and Thomas Bewick, was considered unexcelled as a wood engraver in the two decades surrounding this set. 60 wood engravings by John Thompson from drawings by Stothard, Corbould, Harvey, and others. This was the first edition to possess Singer's Notes - [ Jaggard, SHAKESPEARE BIBLIOGRAPHY, p. 517 ].

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0005340
Title: THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Author: SHAKESPEARE, William
Illustrator: 60 wood engravings by John Thompson from drawings by Stothard, Corbould, Harvey, and others.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Charles Whittingham
Place of Publication: Chiswick
Date Published: 1826
Keywords: Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, John Thmpson, wood engravings, drama, Shakespeare, Charles Whittingham, Chiswick Press, fine binding, Zaehnsdorf bindery,
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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