Shakespeare, William ~A Midsummer Night's Dream
With Illustrations by Alfred Fredericks
D. Appleton and Company, 1874 Beautifully Bound in full leather, roughly 8.5" X 11" tall.
Bright gilt titles and elaborate tooling to boards, Five raised bands and six compartments to spine with blind stamped motifs, marbled end-papers and paste-downs, filigree gilt turn ins, gilt rule to board edges. Gilded page ends still in nice shape. No loose or missing pages. Binding is sturdy.
Very good antique condition, Boards showing only light wear, mild corner bumping/wear, wear/rubbing to board edges, pages tanned with scattered foxing and toning, heaviest to front/back, occasional smudge, covers bow out slightly.
Beautiful Full leather binding, a fine example of an extraordinary antique book.
Antiquarian books can be fragile and should be handled with the utmost care and attention.
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