Buy this book on-line Shakespeare, William : PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYREFor Jacob Tonson, London, 1709
Octavo. (A play from the first Rowe edition of 1709, issued in 6 volumes, 3324 pages). pages 2845-3008, with frontis; this illustration is of extreme value becauseof the contemporary costumes. The present play is: First editiona fter the folios. First octavo edition. First illustrated edition. First edition to put the plays into the 5 act format. First manual text and First edition to bear an editor's name. Handsomely bound n recent brown full leather decoratively stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, minorbrowning to text normal wear to fore-edges and corners of text; gilt title on spine. Of the 7 plays added to the third folio, only Pericles is attributed wholly to Shakespeare. {Jaggard, p. 497] Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shakespeare, William : PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, out-of-print books, livres d'occasion, collectables and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |