SHAKESPEARE, William

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson

London: William Heinemann, 1910. Hugh Thomson. First Edition, thus. Large quarto, 171 pages. Bound in vellum over boards, pictorially tooled in gilt. Illustrated with 40 colored plates, including frontispiece mounted on heavy brown paper and protected by lettered tissue guards. Untrimmed, Top Edge Gilt. Number 183 of 350 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. Silk ties laid in, front hinge paper starting, but still tight. Some minor rubbing to the covers, a very good copy. Item #35727

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