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Old Book - The Plays of Shakespeare Vol. I 1858

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This is the first volume of W. Shakespeare plays. It’s printed in 1858.
I bought this book a long time ago for only 5 guilders (it was priced down from 275 to 35 to 5). The titlepages of every play were gone, torn out. I asume that where great illustrations and someone couldn’t resist the urge of ripping them out...
It explanes why the book was sold so cheap.
The book is partly bound now, but the cover is in bad shape, and I haven’t decided how to repair it. The lettering is worn away and the title is hardly readable. The leather is totally dried out and is starting to crumble.

I like the book for the beautifull illustrations. And I include a few examples from left to right:
Romeo and Juliet – King John – The Merchant of Venice

Illustrations by John Gilbert

The plays:

The two Gentlemen of Verona
Love’s Labour’s Love
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
King John
A Midsummer Nights Dream
The Merchant of Venice
King Richard the Second
The first part of King Henry the Fourth
The second part of King Henry the Fourth
The Merry Wives of Winsor
Much ado about Nothing

IF PEOPLE LIKE MORE OF THESE ILLUSTRATIONS PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT, AND I WILL PUT THEM ON D.A.
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It was in the closing sale of a secondhand bookstore, as i remember correctly. And i was lucky. :D

Well, some would call it "luck". Its more then that.
I have developed 'antennae' for books. If I set my heart on it, I find (almost) any book I want. It's like 'they' call me. All i have to do is follow my intuïtion. In more then one occassion I have found rare books the same day I first heard about them...